It’s a great honour to find out that I have been nominated for an Emmy Award for my animation on the documentary DEEJ. http://emmyonline.com/newsemmy The whole team are looking forward to the ceremony in NYC on 1st Oct!
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Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin premieres at Sheffield DocFest 10th June 2018
DEEJ wins Peabody award
Fantastic news: the documentary DEEJ has won a prestigious Peabody Award in the USA. The awards for excellence in broadcast storytelling, have been awarded annually since 1941, and I am delighted that DJ Savarese’s story has joined the winners of this distinguished accolade! http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/america-reframed-deej
Deej screens on PBS World
Deej screened as part of America ReFramed on PBS World in the USA this week. The film tells the inspiring story of DJ Savarese: a young American poet and playwright with severe autism, as he struggles to gain independence and a place at a mainstream university. The film includes sequences of my oil-painted animation bringing to life DJ’s poetry and his inner world. Whilst the film is not out in the UK yet, the DVD is available through the film’s website: https://www.deejmovie.com/
Kiss The Water screens again on BBC4 11pm tonight
The Tavistock screens Laid Down and Flown
The Projections Society at The Tavistock Centre presents Life and Death in Infancy: The Impact upon Parents, Wednesday 8th March 2017, 7-9:30pm. Psychotherapists Dilys Daws and Dr Dorothy Judd will respond to Laid Down and Flown. The screenings and discussion will be introduced by psychoanalyst Kannan Navaratnem.
Encounters Film Festival Screens Emergence and Laid Down
…as part of Animation on Prescription – I’m very much looking forward to attending the screening on Friday. http://encounters-festival.org.uk/events/animation-on-prescription-2/
Emergence screens at Darwin International Film Festival
Composer Jim Perkins and I are delighted that Emergence is having its first screening in Australia! http://diff.net.au/event/animatic/
Gradiva Awards Win
The National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis announced this year’s winners of the Gradiva Awards at their ceremony in New York City this weekend. The awards were inspired by Freud’s essay Delusions and Dreams in Jensen’s Gradiva, with an aim to recognise creative contributions to the advancement of psychoanalytic understanding. I feel honoured to be chosen as the winner in the film category. http://naap.org/website/gradiva-winners
Gradiva Awards Nomination
The American National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis has announced its line-up for its 2015 Gradiva Awards, which rewards artists, filmmakers, poets and authors whose work advances psychoanalysis. http://naap.org/website/awards I’m delighted to be included in this year’s nominees. http://naap.org/website/gradiva-nominees