Joel Blackledge
Film Contributor and Video Essayist
Joel Blackledge is a writer, researcher and filmmaker from Birmingham.
Joel’s fiction has been published by Floodgate Press, Oslo Triennale, and Unbound. He has also written about cinema for Novara Media, Little White Lies, and Bright Wall/Dark Room.
Joel is an award-winning video essayist, and was cited multiple times in Sight & Sound’s Best Video Essays of 2025 poll.
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Joel’s fiction has been published by Floodgate Press, Oslo Triennale, and Unbound. He has also written about cinema for Novara Media, Little White Lies, and Bright Wall/Dark Room.
Joel is an award-winning video essayist, and was cited multiple times in Sight & Sound’s Best Video Essays of 2025 poll.
Follow Joel here:
Vimeo