Mark Cousins

Mark Cousins (b. 1965) is a Northern Irish filmmaker, writer, curator and traveler. The First Movie is his debut feature, prior to which he shot a number of films, including the medium-length documentary Another Journey by Train (1995) and the short films Ian Hamilton Finlay, In a Wee Way (1996) and 8 ½ (2006, codirected with Tilda Swinton). He is the author of various film essays and books: The Story of Film (2004), Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary (2006, with Kevin Macdonald), and Widescreen: Watching Real People Elsewhere (2008). For five years he directed and presented the BBC series on film Scene by Scene; he was also the director of the Edinburgh Film Festival. Last year we presented his 15-hour documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey as well as What Is This Film Called Love? This year the Karlovy Vary program will also feature his latest picture The Story of Children and Film.

48. MFF Karlovy Vary