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Season 6

StoryTANK Season 6 is coming! 

What happens when you put screenwriters, researchers and 20 years of experimentation around fictional worlds in the same room? 

New ways of thinking stories !

For Season 6 of StoryTANK — the European think tank bringing writers and researchers together — five researchers from different fields take a fresh look at how stories are created: 

Wendy Ross — psychology of serendipity 
Michael Hanchett Hanson — cognitive ergonomics 
Samira Bourgeois Bougrine — cognitive neuroscience 
Vlad Glaveanu — social sciences 
Jean-Loïc Le Quellec — anthropology 

Drawing on storytelling experiments conducted with international fiction writers at Le Groupe Ouest with lim² | less is more, they explore what happens when research meets creative practice — and shed new light on how thoughts, ideas and stories emerge. 

The result? 5 documentaries. 5 perspectives. A wealth of creative resources for screenwriters and anyone who wants to think differently about creativity. 

New season. New perspectives. New ways of thinking stories.

Researchers of the season 6
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3. The Plateau [Experience]
The Plateau is the third experimental device. In an attempt to give form to what emerged through the Cave and the Black…
  • Experience
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2. The Black Room [Experience]
The Black Room stems from a very simple starting point: how do the ideas and components of a story develop without sight…
  • Experience
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1. The Cave [Experience]
The Cave is a three-dimensional space (a greenhouse-like structure) measuring 5 to 15 m², depicting the settlement of a…
  • Interview
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Jean-Loïc Le Quellec | Anthropologist and prehistorian specializing in Saharan rock art [Interview]
Jean-Loïc Le Quellec is a French anthropologist and prehistorian specializing in Saharan rock art. He has conducted…
  • Interview
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Michael Hanchett-Hanson | Developmental psychologist Director of the Masters “Concentration in Creativity and Cognition” at Teachers College, Columbia University [Interview]
Michael Hanchett-Hanson is a developmental psychologist, Director of the Masters “Concentration in Creativity and…
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Théo Gorin | Actor, Improviser, Clown & Doctor in Language Sciences [Interview]
Born in 1994 and living in Marseille, Théo initially conducted social science research at the (École des Hautes…
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Samira Bourgeois-Bougrine | Lecturer in Psychology & Cognitive Ergonomy [Interview]
Samira Bourgeois-Bougrine is a lecturer in psychology and cognitive ergonomy at the University of Paris Cité. Her early…
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Yves Sarfati | Doctor in Medicine and Neurosciences, Psychanalyst & Writer [Interview]
Yves Sarfati is a doctor of medicine and neuroscience (Sorbonne University – Paris), psychoanalyst, and writer. His…
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Wendy Ross | Researcher at London Metropolitan University, cognitive psychologist [Interview]
Wendy is a researcher at London Metropolitan University, main topic: Serendipity in higher cognitive processes. Wendy is…
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Gabrielle Brady | Film director, Screenwriter [Interview]
Gabrielle Brady is Australian, she makes hybrid films, working in creative collaboration with film protagonists. Her…
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Raitis Ābele | Filmmaker, Musician [Interview]
Raitis Ābele is a Latvian filmmaker, born on a snowy October day in 1983 in Riga, Latvia. He studied directing at the…
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Isla Badenoch | Film director, Artist, Writer [Interview]
Isla Badenoch is a filmmaker and artist living in the rural borderlands of the UK and Ireland. She is interested in…
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Violette Garcia | Screenwriter [Interview]
graduate of FEMIS in screenwriting (2019), Violette Garcia contributed to the writing of Pierre Schoeller’s upcoming…
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Massimiliano Nardulli | Screewriter, Artistic Director, Curator & Film Programmer [Interview]
Born in Rome in 1976, Massimiliano Nardulli has lived and worked throughout Europe for the past twenty years. As an…
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Marcel Beaulieu | Screenwriter [Interview]
Marcel Beaulieu is a Canadian screenwriter with over forty years of experience. He has written or co-written some sixty…