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Potter's Mirror

Best Short Animation Katherine O'Connor United Kingdom, Animation, 00:08:36

Based on the themes of loss and grief through dementia, Potter's Mirror symbolically represents the internal structures of the mind. We follow the daily activities of the Watchman as he tends to his memories and nurtures new emerging ideas. All is well until a deterioration of the environment forces him to escape through the window.

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Potter's Mirror
Film block: ANIMATION / ON UNDERSTANDING THE SELF
Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 1
  • Language
  • Country United Kingdom
  • Genre Animation
  • Cinematographer Katherine O’Connor
  • Scriptwriter Katherine O’Connor
  • Producer Lesley-anne Rose
  • Music Lorenzo Pelli
  • Editor Katherine O’Connor
  • Animation Katherine O’Connor, Matt Layfield, Shiyu Dong
  • Year of creation 2024
  • Duration 00:08:36
Katherine O'Connor
Director Katherine O'Connor

Katherine O’Connor is an award-winning director, writer and artist working across animation and installation. Based in the Northeast of England, where she specialises in animation and installation art. She has produced multi-award-winning short animated films that have been showcased on international platforms. Her latest film, Potter’s Mirror, received the Best Animated Short award at the Silver Wave International Film Festival in Canada and was honoured with a Jury Citation at the 44th Toman Eddison International Film Festival. This work was also recently reimagined for a site-specific exhibition at the Animex International Animation, Games and VFX Festival.

Beyond her filmmaking, Katherine's taxidermy installations have been commissioned by various galleries and museums in the Tees Valley region. Her academic writings have appeared in edited collections, including the recent publication “The Uncanny and the Afterlife of the Gothic”, edited by Manuela D’Amore.

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