Ian Francis
Ian Francis is a film curator and founding director of Birmingham’s Flatpack Festival.
He tweets at @flatpack.
Online articles
We all scream for… experimental kids’ films? Review
Gareth Moore invited five artists to contribute to his Children’s Films series – but as Ian Francis discovered at a screening in Birmingham, there is artistic jouissance and there is ice cream. Web exclusive, May 2012
Tangerine dreams: Yto Barrada Interview
Moroccan artist Yto Barrada tells Ian Francis about her double life running a renovated Tangier cinema. From S&S June 2012 (extended online version)
The web video of 2011
13 critics and curators on their favourite videos new online in 2011. Web exclusive, April 2012
The films of 2011
In a strong year for arthouse cinema, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life emerged as the clear winner of the S&S poll of international critics’ best films of 2011, says Nick James. From S&S December 2011