Walter

Robin Robertson has published seven books of poetry. The Long Take (2018) won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the Goldsmiths Prize for innovative fiction and was the first poem to be short-listed for the Booker Prize.

Catherine Russell is Professor of Film Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. She is the author of four books and numerous articles on narrative theory, experimental ethnography, Japanese cinema, experimental film, Canadian cinema, and Walter Benjamin. Please see www.catherinerussell.ca.

Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan is a New York–based film writer and curator, and U.S. programmer and selection committee member of the Venice Film Festival. From 2003 to 2006, she was the codirector of the Torino Film Festival. Among her books are...

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