Edinburgh Napier University

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: George Donald

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Bilgrami, S. (2015)

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: George Donald

A portrait of the celebrated Scottish artist George Donald who explains the philosophy behind his thought-provoking paintings. Link to video on Youtube - https://www.youtube....

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Emily Learmont

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Bilgrami, S. (2015)

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Emily Learmont

This film observes painter and illustrator, Emily Learmont, painstakingly embellish an oil painting as she explains her contrasting approaches to painting and illustrating, an...

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Trevor Jones

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Bilgrami, S. (2015)

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Trevor Jones

A snapshot portrait of Canadian artist Trevor Jones who is breaking new ground in exploring the relationship between art and technology. Link to video on Youtube - https://ww...

Documentary Film: 'Recreating Paradise'

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Bilgrami, S. (2002)

Documentary Film: 'Recreating Paradise'

The creative interaction between Muslims, refugees and Scottish artists, as they sew together “paradise”. In the process of creation, we discover stories of loss and hope.

Documentary Film: 'Tree Fellers'

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MacPherson, R., & Bilgrami, S. (2004)

Documentary Film: 'Tree Fellers'

Tree Fellers (24 mins) tells the story of the 900 Belizean lumberjacks who in 1942 left the tropical rainforests of British Honduras to help Britain fight fascism by felling t...

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Gill Tyson

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Bilgrami, S. (2014)

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Gill Tyson

An insight into the work and practices of award-winning printmaker Gill Tyson, as she sketches outdoors and prepares to create a print at Edinburgh Printmakers Studio. Link t...

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Oliver Reed

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Bilgrami, S. (2014)

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Oliver Reed

An insight into the multitude of inspirations behind Oliver Reed’s work as we watch him furiously splatter paint, scrape, scratch and pound the surface of a magnificent landsc...

Documentary Film: 'Fragments Of A Love Story'

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Bilgrami, S. (2011)

Documentary Film: 'Fragments Of A Love Story'

"Fragments of a love story" is the research outcome of a search for an appropriate cinematic form to interpret and represent complex, transgressive and intimate individual his...

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Gayle Robinson

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Bilgrami, S. (2015)

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Gayle Robinson

An insight into the work of Glaswegian printmaker Gayle Robinson as she creates a colourful collograph. Link to video on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN_GvChS7k4...

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Carolyn Burchell

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Bilgrami, S. (2014)

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Carolyn Burchell

A glimpse into the studio, art and life of artist Carolyn Burchell. Link to video on Youtube -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gc-JX_Jh4E&feature=youtu.be

Representation of South Asian women in Scottish Cinema

2021 - 2024

I will investigate how South Asian women have been represented in Scottish films. And through a practice-based autoethnographic exploration of image and sound, I will offer possibilities for complex c...

Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £7,010

Marginal perspectives: a diasporic body of cinematic works

2024 - date

Ms Sana Bilgrami | Director of Studies: Prof Kerstin Stutterheim