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IDFA 2022

Prosopagnosia

Steven Fraser
United Kingdom
2021
11 min
Festival history

Filmmaker Steven Fraser lives with prosopagnosia, otherwise known as “face blindness,” which means he can’t remember or recognize faces. In this film, he uses stop-motion animation, cassette tapes, sketchbooks, photos, and diary extracts to convey his feelings about this.

He uses sketches of faces as a way of understanding what people look like. Even with this coping mechanism, certain facial expressions and emotions are difficult to remember and comprehend. One radical solution the filmmaker undertakes is avoiding people entirely, because when there’s no one around the problem doesn’t exist. But in the end, this independent filmmaker chooses to engage with it directly in this vivid and personal DIY film.

Credits
Director
Production
    Reece Cargan for Bombito Productions
    Reece Cargan for Bombito Productions
Sound
    Tom Drew
    Tom Drew
Music
    Tom Drew
    Tom Drew
Screening copy
    Scottish Documentary Institute
    Scottish Documentary Institute