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
The TV version of Kiss The Water will air at 9pm on BBC4 on Tuesday: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03fgs1r It will be available on the iPlayer for a few days after broadcast.
…as part of the Gazelle Twin/Carla MacKinnon night at the London Short Film Festival, Thursday 15th Jan. The event is also touring to Bristol Watershed and FACT Liverpool later in the year. https://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/lsff-gazelle-twin-live-carla-mackinnon-visuals-supporting-short-films
Join us on Sunday 21st Sept, for a presentation of clips, a discussion of my animation technique and a screening of Kiss The Water. http://www.berwickfilm-artsfest.com/events-and-films/135/139/kiss-the-water#.VA65uHnpT8s
On the weekend following the Scottish Independence vote, what better place to be than in the northernmost town in England, watching a film which meditates on Scotland’s exquisite landscapes…?
I’m delighted to have been included in Shoot Magazine’s 2014 New Directors Showcase. http://www.shootonline.com/nds/new-directors/profiles
They featured the commercial I finished earlier this year for Biofinity (Produced by Sue Loughlin at Film Club Productions). You can watch it on Film Club’s website here: http://www.th1ng.com/Director.aspx?DirectorId=108#
…at Saffron Screen http://saffronscreen.com/kiss-the-water/
…are now available on their website here: https://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/kiss-water
The film opens on Friday 10th January and runs until Thurs 16th.
Kiss The Water will be in UK cinemas from 10th Jan. The run will begin with a week at the ICA, London, 10th-16th Jan, and programmed at many art-house cinemas across the UK, more details soon!
For a clip of the animation please see: http://www.emcooper.com/film/kiss-the-water/
Kata Lénárd and Petra Kovács, will be discussing The Nest and Confusion of Tongues in their paper The Past Living in the Present: the story of transgenerational trauma, at the Sincerity and Freedom Conference at the Freud Museum this weekend. I will be joining them for the Kino-analytical Panel, chaired by Kannan Navaratnem.
http://www.freud.org.uk/events/75206/sincerity-and-freedom-in-psychoanalysis/
For updates about future screenings and release dates check the Kiss The Water facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kiss-the-Water/435766649845083
Em Cooper 