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What's the Point of Film School, or, What did Beaconsfield Film Studios ever do for the Scottish film industry? (2009)
Book Chapter
Scott, A. J. (2009). What's the Point of Film School, or, What did Beaconsfield Film Studios ever do for the Scottish film industry?. In J. Murray, F. Farley, & R. Stoneman (Eds.), Scottish Cinema Now (206-221). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

This is an essay which examines the role of the UK National Film and TV School, Beaconsfield, in nurturing Scottish film-makers in the period 1970-2005. It looks back at the history of the National Film and Television School and identifies Scots who... Read More about What's the Point of Film School, or, What did Beaconsfield Film Studios ever do for the Scottish film industry?.

Irony: adapting Jane Austen's Northaner Abbey. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Artt, S. (2009, September). Irony: adapting Jane Austen's Northaner Abbey. Paper presented at 4th Annual Association of Adaptation Studies Conference

Film: Halfway Home (2008)
Digital Artefact
Gray, P. (2008). Film: Halfway Home. [Film]

34-year old Melanie lives with the knowledge she will die within 10 years due to autoimmune disease. Having survived a near fatal operation, Melanie escaped the stresses of city life to search for her ideal home for the time she has left – but it’s n... Read More about Film: Halfway Home.

Film: Skeins (2007)
Digital Artefact
Gray, P. (2007). Film: Skeins. [Film]

From knitting on a crowded bus to pearling in a local pub, the public knitting craze has found its way to Scotland . But is it just a fashion fad or does it say more about our way of living than we could imagine?
Duration: 10’15”
Director Paul Gra... Read More about Film: Skeins.

Senso (2004)
Book Chapter
Sellors, C. P. (2004). Senso. In G. Bertellini (Ed.), The Cinema of Italy (63-71). Wallflower Press

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Malaysian cinema and negotiations with modernity: film and anthropology. (2002)
Thesis
Gray, G. T. Malaysian cinema and negotiations with modernity: film and anthropology. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4485

This thesis examines Malaysian cinema in the context of the various processes and
discourses of modernity. Analysing the processes of modernity which Malaysians
are engaged with provides a crucial theme by which to demonstrate how various
socio-po... Read More about Malaysian cinema and negotiations with modernity: film and anthropology..