Qiao Li
Qiao Li My teaching and research focus on Asian cinema, with expertise in Chinese language cinema: the three new wave film movements in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan since 1980s, the cultural identities, and film authorship etc. I am the Editor-in-Chief of the 2 books commissioned by UNESCO Cities of Film Network: “Development of […]
C. Paul Sellors
C. Paul Sellors Is a Lecturer in Film History, Theory, and Criticism at Edinburgh Napier University. He is the author of Film Authorship: Auteurs and Other Myths (2010) and has published in journals including Screen, Living Pictures, Film and Philosophy, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, and the Journal of Media Law. Find out […]
Louise Milne
Louise Milne Is a visual anthropologist, a film-maker and a leading scholar in comparative mythology and the history of dreams. Born on Lewis, Louise studied at King’s College Cambridge and Boston University, Mass. She has been working and teaching in Edinburgh since the mid-1990s, playing an instrumental role in the development of various undergraduate and […]
Jaya Jayalakshmi
Jaya Jayalakshmi Prof G D Jayalakshmi (commonly called Jaya) is an award-winning, experienced film-maker, educator and media consultant. Jaya’s industry experience spans eleven years at the BBC, where she was a producer, making mainly documentary films. Then she set up her own production company in order to pursue her interest in fiction filmmaking. Jaya has […]
Kirsten MacLeod
Dr. Kirsten MacLeod Is a Professor, Creative Media Practice, and Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Television at Edinburgh Napier University. She has worked as a filmmaker and media practitioner for over 20 years in broadcast and community-based media. She received a BA (Hons) in Archaeology & Social Anthropology from Edinburgh University (1991) and an […]
Sana Bilgrami
Sana Bilgrami Born in Pakistan, is an award-winning documentary film director and researcher. In her films, she explores cross-cultural identity and belonging through a variety of stories. She experiments with different techniques, frequently using 8mm film, archive and intimate voice-over. She leads and teaches introductory and advanced level documentary film practice to undergraduate Film and […]
Skeins
Skeins 2008 Paul Gray, MFA Advanced Film Practice, Edinburgh Napier University Lil Sandelin, MFA Advanced Film Practice, Edinburgh Napier University From knitting on a crowded bus to pearling in a local pub, the public knitting craze has found its way to Scotland. But is it just a fashion fad or does it say more about […]
Virtually Happening
Virtually Happening Old friends CARL MASNER and RICK MAXWELL prepare to deploy a virus that’ll eliminate consumer debt. A last minute alteration reveals deeper motives, hidden resentments and the complex nature of friendship.
Sheltered
When an old friend returns to the neighbour, a trouble young woman must confront her youth and the troubled truth of a stolen life..
Elsie
Elsie Elsie is a 19th century country girl who is about to get married. As she spends her last moments in her childhood home, fear and indecision come over her.