Academic

Academic films by Alan Fentiman. I have worked with Universities and colleges to create films about research, inter-disciplinary collaboration and social impact.

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Academic Filmmaking: Women In Parenthesis

By Alan Fentiman | January 19, 2025

Academic filmmaking is about more than simply documenting research—it’s about visualising complex ideas, making them accessible, and revealing the human…

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Academic Film Production: A Creative look at Classics in the North East

By Alan Fentiman | September 11, 2024

This academic film production was shot during over three days in the February of 2024. In an old gallery in…

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Caprice in the Time of COVID

By Alan Fentiman | June 22, 2021

Caprice in The Time of COVID is a film I made with Professor Richard Scholar from Durham University. The Film…

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Academic Film Collaboration: Filming The Multilingual Pleasures of English with Richard Scholar

By Alan Fentiman | November 12, 2020

Creating an academic film collaboration is always an opportunity to slow down and really listen—to engage with ideas not just…

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Academic Documentary Filmmaking: Young Translators – How creative professionals and other adults can help

By Alan Fentiman | May 27, 2020

In the world of academic documentary filmmaking, some of the most compelling stories are those hidden in everyday life. My latest…

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Artist Documentary Filmmaking: ArtsAPI Artist Commission_ Ed Carter and David Cranmer ‘Smoke Signals’

By Alan Fentiman | May 13, 2020

In 2015, I was commissioned to film Smoke Signals, a mesmerising art installation created by Ed Carter and David Cranmer…

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Through A Glass Darkly – Documentary

By Alan Fentiman | February 15, 2018

Through a Glass Darkly is a collaboration between the National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland, the Arts and Humanities Research…

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Documentary Videography: Your Money or Your After-life

By Alan Fentiman | July 1, 2017

As someone who specialises in documentary videography, I’m always looking for opportunities to tell meaningful stories—especially those that connect people, history,…

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Filming Academic Research: The Music of Light Event – Being Human Festival

By Alan Fentiman | March 12, 2017

Filming academic research offers a unique opportunity to document how research moves beyond the university and into public spaces.  The Music…

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Captivating Filmpoem Documentary Terra Incognita: Mapping Creativity with Poet Tony Williams at the Topographies Conference

By Alan Fentiman | May 13, 2015

Our filmpoem documentary terra incognita: mapping the filmpoem took centre stage on 15 May 2015, when poet Tony Williams and I travelled…

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