Duncan Cowles

Alexithymia

Duncan Cowles

What's it like to feel no emotion?

Taking Stock

Duncan Cowles

Duncan Cowles

Using his failed attempts at creating profitable stock footage, a filmmaker reflects on the absurd, mundane and funny side of being trapped inside your own head as an out of work, self-employed freelancer.

Isabella

Duncan Cowles, Ross Hogg

This film aims to capture the stories of the aging Isabella, but also captures her condition and loss of cohesiveness as she loses herself into dementia and Parkinson's. It is also a very personal film since the subject is the grandmother of one of the co- directors. The idea is interesting as it links one strong clear memory, told several times, to other fragments and truths of her condition. Animation is sparingly but cleverly used to complement the delivery and avoid it just being a talking head.

Directed by Tweedie

Duncan Cowles

Making a film when you're 87 is less than convenient. Examine the difficulties of communication between the generations, as Tweedie is encouraged to see the world differently through the lens of his grandson.

The Lady with the Lamp

Duncan Cowles

Living at home when you're twenty-one has it's downsides...

Radio Silence

Duncan Cowles

What stops a father and son from being able to talk? As far back as I can remember, my dad and I haven't been able to communicate to each other very well. I know hardly anything about him, except that he likes jazz music and fiddling with old radios in the garage. In an attempt to find out why my dad and I don't talk, I look at the life of a man I know absolutely nothing about - My dad's father.

Just Agree Then

Duncan Cowles, Ross Hogg

Contrasting artistic visions, misplaced confidence and blatant ignorance collide on the backdrop of an increasingly fragile and divided world. Two stubborn Scottish filmmakers struggle to make a short film together in the Austrian Alps.

In the Company of Insects

Duncan Cowles

Prompted by the death of his grandfather, a filmmaker comes to terms with his feelings of loss by focussing on something smaller.