Byron Karabatsos
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Byron Karabatsos One Half of One MM (USA, 2013) Short Film (Documentary) ARTIST STATEMENT: “On your own. That’s what I said when I cut the umbilical cord. Now I know that a vital part …..
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Lu Heintz
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Lu Heintz (USA, Rhode Island) Learning To Letter, Tandem, Lead/Follow (2014) Three Short Films ARTIST STATEMENT: “My work is personal, but it is not necessarily about me. The personal is a conceptual realm I …..
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Sarah Sudhoff
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Sarah Sudhoff (USA, Texas) Surrender (2013) Short Film (documentation of a private performance) ARTIST STATEMENT: “Over the last ten years my work has consistently interwoven themes of gender, science, and personal experience. I am …..
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Sasha Waters Freyer
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Sasha Waters Freyer (USA, Virginia) You Can See the Sun in Late December (2010) Short Film ARTIST STATEMENT: “A reflection on winter light and maternity. Feeling isolated at home with a small child and …..
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Jana Kasalová
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Jana Kasalová (Czech Republic, Prague) State (2012) Short Film ARTIST STATEMENT: “When I lived in Madrid, I lived just a few blocks from the Prado. There I came upon a particular image of the …..
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1. DETECTION vs PREVENTION; SHIFTING PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH POLICY
Early parenthood is now identified by many people as one of the most stressful and isolating periods in life. A major international study recently concluded that 20% of mothers and at least 10% of new fathers currently suffer from post-natal …..
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2. PRIORITISING THE PROSPERITY OF PARENTHOOD; A MATTER OF CHOICE?
Advertising executives have known for decades that there are few words more effective than ‘self-worth’, ‘empowerment’ and ‘free choice’ in making Western women sit up and listen. Every time they and their partners now read these words in magazines, on …..
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Erin Faith Allen
Erin Faith Allen (UK, London) Motherless Mothers (2015) Mixed media on canvas ARTIST STATEMENT: The traumatic birth of my daughter unlocked deeply rooted layers of traumatic childhood memories. Born myself into severely disconnected family lines and having little support, I …..
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Chris Anthem
Chris Anthem (Lebanon/UK) Liberate the Remains… (2015) Oil on canvas ARTIST STATEMENT: The submitted painting comes from a series painted in Beirut, Lebanon, where we’ve been raising our son. The paintings are straightforward – a child playing with a severed …..
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Jenny Lewis
Jenny Lewis (UK, London) Nicola and Jemima & Rebecca and Osiris From the series One Day Young (2013-14) Colour photographs ARTIST STATEMENT: I wanted to tell a story about the strength and resilience of women post-childbirth that I feel …..