Kinaesthesia

Kinaesthesia

The dream on screen.

2026 · 98 min · Documentary

BAFTA and Grierson award-winning filmmaker Gerald Fox celebrates the centenary of the 'dream film' in cinema and its years of flowering during the silent film period in this kaleidoscopic, stylised documentary.

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