2024 | B/N | 88:00 Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was a painter, visionary, and singular thinker. In 1949, Barns-Graham, then 36 years old, climbed the Grindelwald Glacier, where she had an aesthetic and spiritual epiphany that rewired her brain and transformed her art. She spent the rest of her life painting it. Diving deep into her art and life, the film explores themes of gender, neurodiversity, climate change, and the nature of creativity from youth to old age. Country: Reino Unido Direction: Cousins; Mark Script: Cousins; Mark Production: Dawtrey; Adam, Bell; Mary Photography: Cousins; Mark Sound: Murray; Ali Music: Buckley; Linda Participation year at FICM: 2024
2024 | B/N | 88:00 Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was a painter, visionary, and singular thinker. In 1949, Barns-Graham, then 36 years old, climbed the Grindelwald Glacier, where she had an aesthetic and spiritual epiphany that rewired her brain and transformed her art. She spent the rest of her life painting it. Diving deep into her art and life, the film explores themes of gender, neurodiversity, climate change, and the nature of creativity from youth to old age. Country: Reino Unido Direction: Cousins; Mark Script: Cousins; Mark Production: Dawtrey; Adam, Bell; Mary Photography: Cousins; Mark Sound: Murray; Ali Music: Buckley; Linda Participation year at FICM: 2024
The Story of Documentary Film This series reviews the history of the documentary from its beginnings to the present day. It also re-examines genre classics alongside striking new discoveries and forgotten works from around the world. Structured chronologically, yet interspersed with standalone thematic sections, the series challenges preconceived notions about what a documentary is. See More
Cinema Has Been My True Love: The Work and Times of Lynda Myles Lynda Myles, an influential connoisseur of cinema, reflects on her adventures in the film culture she helped establish. From 1973 to 1980, as the first female director of any festival, Myles transformed the Edinburgh Film Festival into a vibrant, iconoclastic mecca of discovery, championing the work of overlooked auteurs such as Hitchcock, Sirk, and Sam Fuller. See More
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas Mark Cousins embarks on a 1000-km road trip from London to Cannes to film and interview the Oscar®-winning British producer and filmmaker Jeremy Thomas, who has made an annual pilgrimage to the Cannes Film Festival for the past 45 years. This offbeat grand tour includes landmarks and people connected to the producer’s films and life. See More
FICM Brings 17 Screenings to Pátzcuaro as FICM Presenta Takes Cinema to Michoacán and Across Mexico Year-Round 10 · 16 · 26 Enjoy All the Free Events That the 24th FICM Has in Store for You! 10 · 16 · 26 Night of the Dead Celebration Week: A Tradition Learned Through Our Hands 10 · 14 · 26 The Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26
FICM Brings 17 Screenings to Pátzcuaro as FICM Presenta Takes Cinema to Michoacán and Across Mexico Year-Round 10 · 16 · 26
