Duncan Cowles Movies

  • 2017
    Taking Stock

    Taking Stock

    Taking Stock

    02017HD

    Using his failed attempts at creating profitable stock footage, a filmmaker reflects on the absurd, mundane and funny side of being trapped inside...

    Taking Stock
  • 2024
    Silent Men

    Silent Men

    Silent Men

    02024HD

    Part road trip, part coming-of-middle-age tale, Cowles’ laconic humour and frank approach to his subject proves effective in exploring aspects...

    Silent Men
  • 2024
    My Dad and the Volcano

    My Dad and the Volcano

    My Dad and the Volcano

    02024HD

    Gavin built a giant volcano sculpture that's now in his dad's shed. Gavin seeks his dad's understanding but he's uninterested in modern art and...

    My Dad and the Volcano
  • 2024
    That's Your Lot

    That's Your Lot

    That's Your Lot

    02024HD

    That's Your Lot - A very short film about nothing by Duncan Cowles made in an afternoon in late 2023 (largely with the purpose of testing a new...

    That's Your Lot
  • 2015
    Isabella

    Isabella

    Isabella

    52015HD

    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...

    Isabella
  • 2014
    Radio Silence

    Radio Silence

    Radio Silence

    02014HD

    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...

    Radio Silence
  • 2014
    Directed by Tweedie

    Directed by Tweedie

    Directed by Tweedie

    52014HD

    Making a film when you're 87 is less than convenient. Examine the difficulties of communication between the generations, as Tweedie is encouraged to...

    Directed by Tweedie
  • 2022
    Desire Lines

    Desire Lines

    Desire Lines

    02022HD

    Through distant observation of people walking on desire lines, a filmmaker notices a pattern in peoples tendency to cut corners, and reflects on what...

    Desire Lines
  • 2010
    All The Way From Glasgow

    All The Way From Glasgow

    All The Way From Glasgow

    02010HD

    A short character portrait of Stuart Murray, a Glaswegian Postman and Artist

    All The Way From Glasgow
  • 2023
    Outlets

    Outlets

    Outlets

    02023HD

    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…

    Outlets
  • 2022
    Sighscape

    Sighscape

    Sighscape

    02022HD

    Fatigue expressed in an endless sea of content.

    Sighscape
  • 2020
    In the Company of Insects

    In the Company of Insects

    In the Company of Insects

    62020HD

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

    In the Company of Insects
  • 2017
    Alexithymia

    Alexithymia

    Alexithymia

    82017HD

    What's it like to feel no emotion?

    Alexithymia
  • 2018
    It's Not Amazing Enough

    It's Not Amazing Enough

    It's Not Amazing Enough

    02018HD

    The pressures of having to make an amazing film for TED sent this deadpan, deep-voiced, award-winning filmmaker into a crippling spiral of...

    It's Not Amazing Enough
  • 2012
    The Lady with the Lamp

    The Lady with the Lamp

    The Lady with the Lamp

    02012HD

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

    The Lady with the Lamp
  • 2019
    Just Agree Then

    Just Agree Then

    Just Agree Then

    02019HD

    Contrasting artistic visions, misplaced confidence and blatant ignorance collide on the backdrop of an increasingly fragile and divided world. Two...

    Just Agree Then