• The Story of Film: A New Generation

    Directed by Mark Cousins
    UK | 167 minutes | The Big Screen

The brilliant, provocative and encyclopedic cineaste Mark Cousins looks at how 21st-century filmmakers, using new technologies and new visions, have expanded cinema’s horizons. From Hollywood blockbusters to Chinese art films, this stimulating celebration will make you look at films with fresh eyes.

film synopsis

The prolific, provocative and voracious cineaste, Mark Cousins, follows up his 15-hour The Story of Film: An Odyssey with a new (and briefer) installment. A New Generation looks at how 21st-century filmmakers have expanded cinema’s horizons, how new digital technologies (from iPhones to motion capture) have changed the way we look at the world and how diverse new voices have opened our eyes to new experiences. Whether he’s showing a clip from Joker or Black Panther, or a five-hour action movie from India or a documentary from Belarus, the encyclopedic Cousins never fails to stimulate. Examining innovations in comedy, action movies, musicals and documentary, showing how filmmakers find new ways of looking at bodies, demonstrating the connection between Edgar Wright’s 2017 romp Baby Driver and the 1932 musical Love Me Tonight, Cousins' wide-eyed and wide-ranging survey is a movie lover’s dream come true.

film details

Director: Mark Cousins
Producers: John Archer, Mark Cousins
Screenwriter: Mark Cousins
Cinematographers: Mark Cousins
Editor: Timo Langer
Cast: Mark Cousins
Country: UK
Language: In English.
Year: 2021
Running Time: 167 minutes
Director Filmography: The Storms of Jeremy Thomas (2021), Woman Make Film: A New Road Through Cinema (2018), The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
Primary Company: Music Box Films
Contact Email: kwestphal@musicboxfilms.com

Film Festival 2022