ONCE UPON
A SCREEN
(with Evelyn Kreutzer)
Once Upon a Screen is a collaborative videographic project dedicated to personal explorations of childhood screen memories and traumas. The project was started by Evelyn Kreutzer and myself in 2019.​​
​​The first volume of the project consists of 9 video essays that explore personal, traumatic screen memories.
It was published in Fall 2020 as issue 15 of The Cine-Files, and was featured prominently on Sight & Sound's poll for the best video essays of 2020 (and mentioned on the previous year's poll as well).
​​​The second volume consists of 16 video essays that collaboratively explore formative screen memories.
It was published in two instalments of [in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film & Moving Image Studies;
the first issue was published in December 2022; the second issue was published in February 2023.
Entries from this volume were featured prominently on Sight & Sound's poll for the best video essays of 2022, receiving multiple mentions on the 2023 poll as well.​​​​​​​​​
​​​Watch a recording of a Once Upon a Screen screening and Q&A event at Platform K, Horsens, Denmark, hosted by Alan O'Leary, featuring Evelyn Kreutzer and myself (December 2022):