Mark Cousins
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Mark Cousins is an Irish documentary filmmaker, film critic and programmer. A prolific producer and director, he is best known for his 15-hour documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey" (2011). Cousins was appointed Honorary Professor of the University of Glasgow in 2013, as well as Honorary Doctor of Letters at both the University of Edinburgh in 2007 and University of Stirling in 2014. He is now a Patron of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Cousins previously acted as both a programmer and director (1996-1997) of the festival. He is a Board Member of Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival and a Member of the Audentia Award jury at the 42nd Göteborg International Film Festival (GIFF) in 2019, as well as Member of the Official Competition jury at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2018. In 2021, Cousins joined the jury of the BFI London Film Festival.
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6 Desires (2014)
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Pulp Fact (1997)
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The Hearth (2024)
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The New Ten Commandments (2008)
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I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited (1994)
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The Story of Film: A New Generation (2021)
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The Story of Documentary Film: 1970s (2026)
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The Story of Documentary Film: 1980s (2026)
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60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
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Here Be Dragons (2013)
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The March on Rome (2022)
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The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
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I Remember IKWIG (1996)
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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas (2021)
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You With Your Fresh Thoughts (2019)
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My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023)
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Eisenstein on Lawrence (2016)
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The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014)
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The First Movie (2009)
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A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things (2024)
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Storm in My Heart (2018)
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Stockholm, My Love (2016)
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Cinema Iran (2005)
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What Is This Film Called Love? (2012)
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The Story of Looking (2021)
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The Place (2014)
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A Story of Children and Film (2013)
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I Am Belfast (2016)
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But Then Again, Too Few to Mention (2014)
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The Complete Story of Film (2023)
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Dear Paul Schrader, Thank You for Light Sleeper (2021)
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Bigger Than The Shining (2016)
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Gulf War: Scottish Eye (1990)
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Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles (2023)
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Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise (2015)
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40 Days to Learn Film (2020)
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Ian Hamilton Finlay: In a Wee Way (1996)
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Your Eyes Flash Solemnly with Hate (2015)
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On the Road with Kiarostami (2005)
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Life May Be (2014)
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Another Journey By Train (1993)
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First Impressions (2008)
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Alexander's Film (2020)
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