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The interdisciplinary project “Daoism, cinema and wellbeing: Meditative Cinema” shifts the debates on ecology, cinema and wellbeing through the lens of Daoist philosophy, decolonizing Western-centric paradigms in film theory and philosophy.

It systematically engages an ancient, vital yet living non-Western thought, Daoism, with cinema to renew our understanding of cinema and moving image art; and brings Daoist film philosophy to reshape how we perceive human and more-than-human relationship, and the wellbeing of all. Constructing Daoist conceptual frameworks and situating film within a broader transcultural art-historical lineage, it seeks to expand how we experience cinema and perceive our place in the world through film. The project reveals that Daoism can activate cinema’s meditative power, highlighting its healing and restorative capacity in turbulent times.

Daoism, cinema and wellbeing: Meditative Cinema” received AHRC Catalyst Award for the period of 2025-2028.