2016 British film directed by Mark Cousins

“I met a woman. She said that she is Belfast, the city in Northern Ireland where I grew up. The woman said that she’s as old as the city,” states Mark Cousins at the beginning of his meditative dialogue with the personification of Belfast. This cinematic essay abandons the parameters of classic documentary language, asking us to perceive the film as a magical-realist mix of reality, dreams, myths, and local storytelling.

by Mark Cousins is the first global portrait of children in the cinema. Using excerpts from 53 films from 25 different countries, this documentary is a “infantile” sequel to THE STORY OF FILM : AN ODYSSEY by the same director. A documentary produced by Mary Bell and Adam Dawtrey of BofA Productions.