Duncan Cowles is a BAFTA Scotland Award winning documentary filmmaker whose short films ‘The Lady with the Lamp’, ‘Radio Silence’, ‘Directed by Tweedie’, ‘Isabella’, ‘Alexithymia’, ’Taking Stock’ and ‘Just Agree Then’ have been selected for various film festivals at home and internationally winning a selection of awards at festivals such as Glasgow Short Film Festival, Open City Documentary Festival, BFI Future Film Festival, Hamburg Short Film Festival, Kyiv Short Film Festival, Szczecin European Film Festival and more, plus gaining significant online exposure through platforms such as Short of the Week, Vimeo Staff Picks, BFI Player, It’s Nice That and numerous others.
Duncan graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2013 with a 1st Class degree and a specialisation in documentary film before going on to work for the internationally renowned Scottish Documentary Institute for three years and on the programming team for feature documentaries at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for five years.
In 2017 Duncan founded his own production company Relative Films Ltd and is currently working on his first feature film Silent Men which he took to IDFA Academy before being awarded development funding from Creative Scotland & Whickers World Foundation. Duncan has also been commissioned to make work for Channel 4, STV, BBC Scotland, BBC Radio 4, TED, Adobe and more. He’s also hosted a range of documentary filmmaking workshops for all ages for University of Edinburgh, BFI, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Flatpack Film Festival, VIS Vienna Shorts, Screen Academy Scotland, Mental Health Foundation and more.
Filmography
Just Agree Then (2018) (short)
Taking Stock (2017) (documentary short)
Alexithymia (2017) (documentary short)
Isabella (2015) (documentary short)
Directed by Tweedie (2014) (documentary short)
Radio Silence (2013) (documentary short)
Soft Toffee (2013) (documentary short)
The Lady with the Lamp (2012) (documentary short)