"Director: Mark Cousins"

• The Story of Film: An Odyssey | DVD | (07/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The Story of Film: An Odyssey, written and directed by award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins, is the story of international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation.Five years in the making, The Story of Film: An Odyssey covers six continents and 12 decades, showing how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. It provides a worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made; an epic tale that starts in nickelodeons and ends as a multi-billion-dollar globalised digital industry.Described as a love letter to the movies, Cousins visits the key sites in the history of cinema; from Hollywood to Mumbai; from Hitchcock s London to the village where Pather Panchali was shot, and features interviews with legendary filmmakers and actors including Stanley Donen, Kyoko Kagawa, Gus van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Claire Denis, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Towne, Jane Campion and Claudia Cardinale.

• Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (18/05/2020) from £45.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From filmmaker Mark Cousins (Story of Film: An Odyssey) comes his epic new documentary, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema. Presented as a guide on how to make a film, it's presented in thematic chapters, using examples from 183 women filmmakers from around the world. Includes narration from Tilda Swinton, Debra Winger, Sharmila Tagore, and Jane Fonda. This 5disc set includes the full 14 hour version, divided into five separate parts and represents one of the most ambitious and indepth documentaries ever made.

• I Am Belfast (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (20/06/2016) from £17.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  I Am Belfast sees celebrated filmmaker, writer and curator Mark Cousins (A Story of FIlm, Here Be Dragons) cast his painterly eye on his home town, the port city Belfast. Beautifully shot by Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love, Rabbit-Proof Fence) and with a powerful soundtrack by the great Northern Irish composer David Holmes (Ocean's Eleven, '71, Hunger), Cousins' film takes viewers on an emotional journey through the complex and sometimes tragic history of the Northern Irish capital, embodied as a 10,000-year-old woman, compellingly portrayed by Helena Bereen (Hunger, Mo). Interspersing archive material (often detailing the horrors of the Troubles) and newly-filmed footage, I Am Belfast is an impassioned and politically engaged love letter to Cousins' hometown.

• The Eyes of Orson Welles | DVD | (17/09/2018) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Granted exclusive access to hundreds of private drawings and paintings by Orson Welles, filmmaker Mark Cousins dives deep into the visual world of this legendary director and actor, to reveal a portrait of the artist as he's never been seen before - through his own eyes, sketched with his own hand, painted with his own brush. Executive produced by Michael Moore, The Eyes of Orson Welles brings vividly to life the passions, politics and power of this brilliant 20th-century showman, and explores how the genius of Welles still resonates today in the age of Trump, more than 30 years after his death.

• A Story of Children and Film | DVD | (28/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A Story of Children and Film is the world's first movie about kids in global cinema. It's passionate poetic portrait of the adventure of childhood: its surrealism loneliness fun destructiveness and stroppiness: as seen through 53 great films from 25 countries. A story of children and film is an eye opener a landmark film and a celebration of both childhood and the movies.

• Stockholm My Love (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (26/06/2017) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The latest film by British auteur Mark Cousins (I am Belfast, The Story of Film). Stockholm My Love follows the footsteps of Alva Achebe (Neneh Cherry), a Swedish architect fascinated by the way buildings influence lives, but haunted by a tragic event from her past. Filmed on the streets of the Swedish capital by Cousins and acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle (best known for his work with Wong Kai Wai on In the Mood for Love), Stockholm My Love is a visually stunning essay film about loss and rejuvenation. The film marks the acting debut of acclaimed musician and singer Neneh Cherry. Special Features: Behind-the-scenes making of featurette (2016) Mini films of key locations that feature in the film (2016) Filmed bus tour around Stockholm with Mark Cousins, produced by the Swedish Film Institute (2016) Theatrical and teaser trailers Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by critic Ian Christie and full film credits

• The First Movie | DVD | (12/12/2011) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  An innovative 'magic realist' documentary set in Iraq. Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just 700 people on a tributary of the Tigris river, and tries to make a dream film about a place that is normally only portrayed in current affairs programmes. He gives the kids cameras. They make little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice. Despite the production being stopped twice by the Iraqi secret police, The First Movie is about wonder and the power of the imagination.

• The Story of Film: An Odyssey | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £68.83   |  Saving you £-18.84 (-37.70%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This exhilarating documentary sees critically acclaimed director, film critic and curator Mark Cousins embark on an epic journey, in which he chronicles the birth and evolution of the great and popular art form- cinema.