Unable to move on from the death of his granny, a filmmaker desperately searches for the right film idea that will finally allow him to let go… Through a series of stylistically different film ideas Outlets takes you on a journey into the grieving process of a creative brain. Can you ever really let go of a loved one once they’re gone?

biografia

Duncan Cowles is a BAFTA Scotland Award winning documentary filmmaker whose short films The Lady with the Lamp, Radio Silence, Directed by Tweedie, Isabella, Alexithymia, Taking Stock, Just Agree Then & In the Company of Insects have been selected for various film festivals at home and internationally. His short films have also won a selection of awards at festivals such as Glasgow Short Film Festival, Open City Documentary Festival, BFI Future Film Festival, Hamburg Short Film Festival, Kyiv Short Film Festival, Szczecin European Film Festival and more, plus gained significant online exposure through platforms such as Short of the Week, Vimeo Staff Picks, BFI Player, MUBI, It’s Nice That, TED and numerous others. In recent years Duncan has also been commissioned to write and direct documentaries for Channel 4, STV, BBC Scotland, BBC Radio 4, TED, Adobe, Red Bull and more. Most recently Duncan was commissioned to make x6 30minute episodes of his own new documentary TV series Scary Adult Things which looks at the struggles of the millennial generation for BBC Scotland & iplayer which aired in March 2021.

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