Feature Documentaries

The Storms of Jeremy Thomas

Directed by Mark Cousins

Screening at DIFF 2026

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Runtime: 94 min
Year: 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Synopsis

Every year, legendary producer Jeremy Thomas makes a pilgrimage to the Cannes Film Festival. Accompanying him on the journey, director Mark Cousins offers an intimate portrait of the icon behind cinema’s most acclaimed and provocative classics. Blending personal musings with reflective stories, the documentary explores Thomas’s storied career, his passion for film, and his collaborations with visionary directors like Nicolas Roeg, Bernardo Bertolucci, David Cronenberg, and Takashi Miike, celebrating a true auteur among auteurs. DIFF Directors Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam first met Jeremy Thomas in 1992, and he supported their work ever since. He joined the DIFF Board of Advisors in 2025. His steadfast championing of independent cinema will be deeply missed.

Director

Mark CousinsMark Cousins is an acclaimed director, film critic, author, and curator. Renowned for his essayistic, deeply poetic approach to cinema and visual culture, he is best known for monumental works such as the 15-hour documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011) and Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema…

Cast and crew

Producer: David P. Kelly, Tim Macready, Mark Thomas
Cinematographer: Mark Cousins
Editor: Timo Langer
Sound: Ali Murray
Music: David Holmes, Estera Dabrowska
Cast: Jeremy Thomas, Mark Cousins, Tilda Swinton, Debra Winger, Rebecca O’Brien