Music Loves Video
with Miranda Sawyer
ICA Cinema 1, March 6, 3.00pm
An inspiring and eclectic mix of music videos celebrating both highly acclaimed, established women directors and introducing some exciting and original new talent.
Hosting the session will be journalist and critic Miranda Sawyer who will be joined on stage by up and coming animation and live action directors, Tabitha Denholm and Dawn Shadforth to discuss their approaches to the now iconic Florence and The Machine. Plus a retrospective of the award-winning work of Sarah Chatfield.
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Animation or Bust
Annkatrin Hausmann, Kate Anderson, Allison Schulnik & Jessica Brillhart
Annkatrin Hausmann provides us with a glimpse into a city where a rabbit could be in love with a jellyfish in a story of transient encounters, Kate Anderson takes us on a trip through a technicoloured dream world, award-winning Allison Schulnik has created a haunting and surreal claymation tale & New York based Jessica Brillhart and Alexandre Moors’ animated film for The Crystal Method features the last man standing in New York city.
The New Kids on the Block
Philippa Bloomfield, Kate Moross, Jo Apps, Lucy Needs & Elisha Smith-Leverock
Philippa Bloomfield has recently started directing videos for punk-cabaret outfit Birdeatsbaby, for whom she also plays drums, Kate Moross was appointed Art Director for Simian Mobile Disco and together with Jo Apps, who was recently signed to Partizan Films, they have produced a disco wonderland to accompany one of the hottest records of the year, Lucy Needs has captured the sparkling Slow Club in an endearingly simple black & white race and Elisha Smith-Leverock provides a few twisted surprises in her beautiful fairytale-esque video for Bombay Bicycle Club.
Approach to Florence
Tabitha Denholm & Dawn Shadforth
A fantastic opportunity to learn more about the approach of two directors to the music of Florence and The Machine. Tabitha Denholm, one half of DJ/promoter duo Queens of Noize, has been working with Tom Beard as Tom & Tabitha for 18 months and they have produced some stunning films for Partizan. Dawn Shadforth, perhaps best known for her work with Kylie Minogue, is one of the most well-respected and successful female music video directors in the world.
Sarah Chatfield
In Conversation
We have the pleasure of introducing a short retrospective from the award-winning Sarah Chatfield. Sarah began directing in 2005 and has been making music videos through Colonel Blimp ever since. Her breakthrough came with the colourful promo for Lily Allen’s Alfie and Sarah was subsequently commissioned to direct videos for a variety of other top musicians including the Noisettes, Lykke Li and Annie.
