Maurizio Cinquegrani is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Media at the University of Kent. He is the author of three books exploring film, memory, and place, and is currently developing a series of films centered on islands. Following Aran Diary (2023), he travelled to Taiwan to complete Formosa 228 (2024), a short experimental film that, like its predecessor, has been selected for numerous international film festivals. His current project focuses on Douglas, Isle of Man, and examines the theme of internment during the Second World War.