Prosopgnosia is a short animated documentary about my own experiences with face-blindness. I directed and animated the personal film with support from the Scottish Documentary Institute. Prosopagnosia had its Premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2021 and has also screened online as part of the New York Times Op-Docs series.

Synopsis – Prosopagnosia is a story of identity that uses expressive animation to investigate intimacy, communication and memory.
Prosopagnosia is face-blindness and as a means of understanding this neurodiverse behaviour, the contents of a memory box are explored. Sketchbooks, photographs and diaries are intricately unraveled to tell a unique and personal story.

Screenings

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2021 – Edinburgh, Scotland – 22/08/2021

Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2021 – Glasgow, Scotland – 09/10/2021

Inverness Film Festival 2021 – Inverness, Scotland – 07/11/2021

International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2021 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – 19/11/2021

British Shorts Film Festival 2022 – Berlin, Germany – 20/01/2022

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2022 – Clermont-Ferrand, France – 28/01/2022

BFI Flare LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2022 – London, England – 16/03/2022

Ann Arbour Film Festival 2022 – Ann Arbour, United States – 22/03/2022

Glasgow Short Film Festival 2022 – Glasgow, Scotland – 23/03/2022 

Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival 2022 – California, United States – 24/03/2022 – Winner Mini-Doc Award

Salem Film Fest 2022 – Salem, United States – 24/03/2022

The Alternative Oscars – Inverness, Scotland – 26/03/2022

Kaboom Animation Festival 2022 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – 28/03/2022

Marvels of Media Awards and Exhibition – New York, United States – 31/03/2022 – 01/04/2022 – Winner Experimental Film Award

Reel Abilities Film Festival 2022 – New York, United States – 07/04/2022

European Independent Film Festival 2022 – Paris, France – 08/04/2022

Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, United States – 14/04/2022

RiverRun Film Festival – Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States – 24/04/2022 – Special Mention Animation Award

Docs for Thought – Edinburgh, Scotland – 10/05/2022

Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2022 – Glasgow, Scotland – 13/05/2022 – Winner Experimental Film Award

Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2022 – Warsaw, Poland – 13/05/2022

Flatpack Film Festival 2022 – Birmingham, England – 22/05/2022

St Kilda Film Festival – Port Phillip, Australia – 27/05/2022

Reel Abilities Toronto Film Festival 2022 – Toronto, Canada – 30/05/2022

Rooftop Film Festival 2022 Pride Screening – New York, United States – 09/06/2022

Annecy International Animation Festival – Annecy, France – 13/06/2022

GZL x GAMIS Local Shorts – Glasgow, Scotland – 11/08/2022

Rooftop Film Festival 2022 – New York, United States – 25/08/2022

Indie Street Film Festival 2022 – Red Bank, NJ, United States –  07/09/2022 – Winner Special Jury Award for Documentary

Shift film Festival 2022 – Heerlen, Netherlands – 10/09/2022 – Winner Best Film Award

ReelAbilities Film Festival Pittsburgh 2022 – Pittsburgh, United States – 10/09/2022

ReelAbilities/Big Umbrella Festival 2022 – New York, United States – 17/09/2022

Bolton International Film Festival 2022 – Bolton, England – 05/10/2022

Sunderland Shorts Film Festival – Sunderland, England – 19/10/2022

ReelAbilities Film Festival Los Angeles 2022 – Los Angeles, United States – 21/10/2022

Doc Stories 2022 – San Francisco, United States – 04/11/2022

Leeds International Film Festival – Leeds, England – 12/11/2022

This is England Film Festival – Rouen, France – 12/11/2022

Cucalorus Film Festival – Wilmington, North Carolina – 16/11/2022

International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Schools Program – Amsterdam, Netherlands – 16/11/2022

London International Animation Festival – London England – 25/11/2022

L’hybride – Lille, France – 25/11/2022

Anima Film Festival – Brussels, Belgium – 17/02/2023

Mardi Gras Film Festival – Sydney Australia – 18/02/2023

Reel Abilities Columbus Film Festival 2022 – Columbus , United States – 20/02/2023