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

By Alan Fentiman | December 14, 2022

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

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…

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…

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…

Collaborative Filmmaking: Glitches in the Stream by Cuckoo Young Writers

By Alan Fentiman | October 14, 2014

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

By Alan Fentiman | May 23, 2013

Filming writers and documenting their creative process is always a rewarding part of my filmmaking practice — especially when the…