You are invited to attend the world premiere of Confusion of Tongues, a short film directed by Em Cooper inspired by Ferenczi’s seminal 1932/1955 paper on childhood trauma. The film will be screened as part of the animation program at Brooklyn Film Festival on Monday 6th and Thursday 9th June, 2011. Details and tickets: are available here
Confusion of Tongues combines film with oil-painted animation to vividly conjure up the tragic confusion of desire which can be a devastating effect of child abuse. A thought provoking film which dares to speak about a subject rarely addressed in public, Confusion of Tongues powerfully presents the movement between madness and mourning.
For more information and a trailer for the film please see Em Cooper’s website here: http://www.emcooper.com/confusion-of-tongues/
Em Cooper is a Royal College of Art graduate and a director and animator who uniquely combines live action with oil painted animation to make films inspired by her interest in conveying psychoanalytic subject matter. Em’s first film Laid Down, which is shot from the point-of-view of a new born baby opened the European Psychoanalytic Film Festival at BAFTA in London in 2007. Em will be in New York for a few days during the festival – please feel free to get in touch: contact@emcooper.com