Writing
Writing films by Alan Fentiman. I have worked with authors, poets, playwrights, publishers and book festivals to make films about writing and the creative process.
Filming Poets with Purpose: Portrait of the Artist as an Island Flower by Linda France
Filming poets is always a quiet privilege—Portrait of the Artist as an Island Flower is a film poem I made with…
Caprice in the Time of COVID
Caprice in The Time of COVID is a film I made with Professor Richard Scholar from Durham University. The Film…
Academic Film Collaboration: Filming The Multilingual Pleasures of English with Richard Scholar
Creating an academic film collaboration is always an opportunity to slow down and really listen—to engage with ideas not just…
Captivating Filmpoem Documentary Terra Incognita: Mapping Creativity with Poet Tony Williams at the Topographies Conference
Our filmpoem documentary terra incognita: mapping the filmpoem took centre stage on 15 May 2015, when poet Tony Williams and I travelled…
Collaborative Filmmaking: Glitches in the Stream by Cuckoo Young Writers
Filmmaking can often feel like a solitary act—behind the camera, alone in the edit suite, shaping footage into meaning. But…
Filming Writers: Roam to Write
Filming writers and documenting their creative process is always a rewarding part of my filmmaking practice — especially when the…