Julian Ross is a researcher, curator and writer based in Amsterdam. He is Programmer at International Film Festival Rotterdam, member of the selection committee at Locarno Film Festival, and Assistant Professor at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS). His recent projects include: co-curator for the exhibition “More Than Cinema: Motoharu Jonouchi and Keiichi Tanaami” at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn; curator of the film programme for “Other Futures”, Amsterdam; co-curator for “Animistic Apparatus” with May Adadol Ingawanij (NTT ICC, Tokyo and various venues); and writer for the chapter “Experimental Film” for The Japanese Cinema Book (BFI).