KATERINA ATHANASOPOULOU
Katerina Athanasopoulou is a Greek artist living in London who creates animated films for cinema and gallery space. She studied Fine Art at Aristotle University in Greece, and graduated with an MA Animation from the Royal College of Art. Her award-winning films have been shown internationally at film festivals and galleries, including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, Thessaloniki Biennale 3, Holland Animation Film Festival, Zebra Poetry Film Festival, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. She has created films for Channel 4, London College of Fashion, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and she won the Lumen Prize in 2013 with her short film Apodemy. Katerina is a Tutor (Research) within the MA Animation at the Royal College of Art. Prior to this position she taught extensively within University of the Arts London and Westminster University, and has been a guest lecturer at Kingston University, Middlesex University and Goldsmiths. She completed her doctoral research with Plymouth University, on the intersections of documentary, VR, and AR, through the lens of animation.
A film about the sensual and mechanical beauty of the human body, based on the poem by Walt Whitman.
CREDITS
A film by Katerina Athanasopoulou, based on the poem by W. Whitman
VOICE OVER: Nicky Loutit Percussion
SOUND DESIGN: Ashley Marlowe & Chris Baker
SOUND ENGINEER: Graham Lawson
AWARDS
AWARDS
HULL FILM FESTIVAL: Official Selection
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF POETRY, BUENOS AIRES: Official Selection
CLERMONT FERRAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL: Official Selection
ARCHIPELAGO FESTIVAL, ITALY: Official Selection
TRICKY WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL, GERMANY: Official Selection
DRESDEN FILM FESTIVAL: Official Selection
SEOUL NET AND FILM FESTIVAL: Official Selection
Shortlisted for the Lattice (British Gas) Award on “Building on our Inheritance” 2002
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