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 love story of obsession and sharp teeth, between a woman left behind in a fairy tale gone wrong and a merman trapped in a reality that drowns him. A film made for Channel 4 and Arts Council England in 2005, commissioned by animate!. A Doctorpuss Production.
CREDITS
DIRECTOR: Katerina Athanasopoulou
WOMAN: Gwynne McElveen
MERMAN: Ben Hardy Set Design: Suzie Templeton Music: Repairman
SOUND DESIGN: Fonic (Jake Roberts & Barnaby Templer)
EDITOR: Tony Fish
AWARDS
AWARDS
PLATFORMA FILM FESTIVAL ATHENS: Official Selection
PIFAN FILM FESTIVAL, SEOUL: Official Selection
FEMINA FILM FESTIVAL, RIO DE JANEIRO: Official Selection
Part of Animation, Avant-Garde and Experimental Films program within the CineWomen NY Screenings. Two Boots Pioneer Theater, New York January 2007
Image Forum Festival in Japan as part of an animation program show in Tokyo in April and then Kyoto, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Yokohama and Kanazawa.
REVIEWS