Teaching Experimental Film in an Industry Focused Course: Opportunities and Strategies for Inclusive Pedagogies

โ€˜Liminalโ€™ (2024) dir. Muskaan Mehmood (video still from 3.03 minute video) reproduced with permission from Muskaan Mehmood

In this paper the authors bring together two ongoing enquiries that are connected in a case study: firstly, how to teach experimental film practice and theory to students unfamiliar with this area, and secondly how might the teaching of a seemingly esoteric subject lend itself to inclusivity? They argue here that experimental film can be …