International Premiere
Owen’s Defense is an intimate portrait of community volunteers, children they work with and spaces they occupy. Children and adults reflect on strategy – both on the chess board and in life. Teaching and learning intertwine. Mentors and players reveal how tactical thinking, care and reciprocity, strengthen community and intergenerational bonds.
Emma Tsoneva
Emma Tsoneva graduated in Development Studies and works at Manchester Urban Institute, where she has been involved in several local projects aiming to address issues of research participation and co-creation. This is the first film she has made.
Hannah Knox
Hannah Knox is Max Gluckman Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. Her research concerns how people’s lives are entangled with infrastructure, in particular in the context of climate and energy transitions. This is the first film she has made.