The examples range from Hollywood classics and European independent cinema to experimental, animated, and documentary films.

Based on an overview of interdisciplinary research on characters in film and other media, the book develops its own approach to understanding how characters are formed and experienced, how they interact with culture and society, and how they can be analysed and interpreted.

Our latest issue is packed with 12 Feature articles, as well as new interviews, festival reports, book reviews, and more. Wherever and however these inspired texts find you (and in whatever direction they propel you next), we hope you enjoy Issue 114 of Senses of Cinema.

I cannot wait to begin working alongside the amazing existing @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellows as well as my fellow new FBAs.

And huge thanks to my beloved partner and family without whom I wouldn’t have had the essential love and support that have sustained me in my rather unconventional academic career trajectory (in the last 18 years, at least).

Many thanks must go, especially, to all those who proposed and supported my nomination and election.