Cinematic Minds Behind the Screens
Publication: December 2025
CONTENTS
Editorial
Pia Tikka, Elen Lotman, Maarten Coëgnarts
Full Papers
Back to the Spectators Themselves: A Methodological Proposal for Adopting Empirical Phenomenology in Film and Media Studies
Jakob Boer
The Sisters B.: Collaborative Film Practice Using Embodied Montage Strategies
Kersti Grunditz Brennan, Annika Boholm
Do Viewers Feel It? Empathy for Other-Than-Human Animals in Cinema
Patrycja Chuszcz
The Unfolding of Artistic Activity in Film Education: A Case Study
Maarten Coëgnarts, Elen Lotman
Tell, Don't Show: Form, Function and Affect of Verbal Account Scenes in Anglophone Horror Films and Thrillers
Larissa Barbosa Curi
'Everyone Felt Like They Owned It': Collaboration and Empathy in Video Game Acting
Dan Leberg, Anika Falkenberg
Participatory Authoring: Film Directing as Participatory Sense-Making
Karen Pearlman
A Complex Body of Filmmakers: The Socio-Technical Nature of Collaborative Expertise in Shooting Auteur's Film
Saara Tuusa
Embodied Metaphors in Film Sound: The Case of Aural Dynamics
Tarun Madupu, Maarten Coëgnarts