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dr. M. (Miklós) Kiss

Associate Professor of Audiovisual Arts and Cognition
Research interests Publications Press/media

Research interests

narrative and cognitive film theory | (videographic) film analysis

3D cinema | creative analysis (rethinking scholarship, audiovisual essay, mashup and supercut culture, narrative mapping) | narrative complexity (puzzle and riddle films)

Publications

Impossible Puzzle Films: A Cognitive Approach to Contemporary Complex Cinema

Kiss, M. & Willemsen, S., 2017, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 240 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic › peer-review

Film Studies in Motion: From Audiovisual Essay to Academic Research Video

van den Berg, T. & Kiss, M., 28-Jul-2016, Scalar.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic

Puzzling Stories: The Aesthetic Appeal of Cognitive Challenge in Film, Television and Literature

Willemsen, S. (Editor) & Kiss, M. (Editor), 20-Aug-2022, New York/Oxford: Berghahn. 408 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic › peer-review

Attention, memory, and narrative interpretation of Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet: Comparing 2D and 3D film viewing using eye-tracking and self-report

Kiss, M., Hayes, D. & Rooney, B., Feb-2026, In: Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 32, 1, p. 33-50 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Embodied Meaning in Motion: A Videographic Approach to Image Schemas in Film Studies

Coëgnarts, M. & Kiss, M., 2026, Proceedings of the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO) - Episode XI: The Sicilian Summer under the Etna, co-located with the 15th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2025). Beverley, J., Keet, C. M., Lamba, N., Lambrix, P. & Tiwari, S. (eds.). CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 4176. 7 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic

Making Sense of Complex Cinema: Introducing the TENCo Model of Triadic Engagement with Narrational Complexity

Cabañas, C., Yonah, G., Kiss, M., van der Velden, M., Konijn, E. & Bálint, K., Mar-2026, In: Projections: the journal for movies and mind. 20, 1, p. 73-89 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Predictable Unpredictability: Dynamic Embodied Patterns in Miklós Jancsó’s Film Style’ (creators’ statement)

Kiss, M. & Coëgnarts, M., 2025, In: [in]Transition. 12, 2

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Predictable Unpredictability: Dynamic Embodied Patterns in Miklós Jancsó’s Film Style’ (video essay)

Kiss, M. & Coëgnarts, M., 2025

Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products › Academic

Being Clear: Reflections and Takeaways from Evelyn Kreutzer and Alan O’Leary’s Discussion on ‘The Video Essay Podcast'

Kiss, M., 2024, In: The Video Essay Podcast.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet: A Hermeneutic Rollercoaster

Kiss, M., 2024.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Academic

Press/media

Scholars at Work with Open Access Books – an interview with Miklós Kiss on Film Studies in Motion

Kiss, M.

23/02/2022

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Academic

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