Northern Irish filmmaker Mark Cousins talks tattoos, travels, and cinema over 24 hours in Shanghai

Over 24 hours in Shanghai, filmmaker Mark Cousins wanders the city reflecting on cinema, travel, tattoos and his restless need to keep filming.

An intimate city-symphony portrait of one of cinema's most passionate essayists.

In late 2024, Northern Irish director and writer Mark Cousins visited Shanghai, joining the judging panel for NOWNESS Short Film Talents. Wandering the streets of the sprawling Chinese city, his movements and meditations

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