Lost and Sound at SXSW – documentary about deafness and music
Hello there,
We would like to invite you to the world premiere of our feature
documentary, Lost and Sound, at SXSW next week!
http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_FS12929
Lost and Sound, a British feature documentary (76 mins) about music and
deafness (filmed partly in Texas) is to world premiere at SXSW Film
Festival 2012.
Our press release is attached. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch
with us if you’d like to know more. We’ll be in Austin, TX, from Friday
9 to to Friday 16 March. We’ll hope to see you there!
Screenings: (filmmakers will be in attendance for Q&As, with ASL
interpreters)
All in Austin, Texas
Monday 12 March, 2pm at Paramount Theatre
Wednesday 15 March, 11.30am at Alamo Lamar C
Friday 16, March 7.30pm at Alamo Slaughter
About the Film
What if you lost the ability to hear music? Could you find it again…
and could music find you?
Lost and Sound is a moving creative documentary, made by a partially
deaf filmmaker. It weaves its way through a startling world of sound
and silence, via the ears and brains of three extraordinary people, as
they try to re-discover music: a dancer deaf since birth, a young
pianist who lost her hearing as a baby, and a music critic facing
sudden partial deafness.
Music is one of the greatest of all human experiences; millions of us
fall under its spell every day, and it engages more parts of the brain
than any other human activity. But 1 in 7 of us will experience hearing
loss. Does the end of hearing have to mean the end of music?
Featuring: Dr David Eagleman, Philip Ball, Professor Nigel Osborne, Dr
Katie Overy, Professor David Huron, Dr Robert Zatorre
About The Filmmakers
Director/Producer: Lindsey Dryden
Producer: Kat Mansoor
Executive Producer: Tom Roberts
Director of Photography: Peter Emery
Editors: Tim Grabham, Adam Lavis
Original Music: Nikky French
Sound Design: Duncan Warrick
Sound Recording: Jeet Thakrar
Associate Producers: Will Hood, Adam Lavis
Edit Consultants: Ben Chanan, Tom Fulford
Story Consultant: Fernanda Rossi
Lindsey Dryden (Director/Producer) is a documentary filmmaker and
obsessive music lover from London, UK. She’s worked on documentaries
for broadcasters including the BBC, Channel 4 and Current TV, written
for newspapers and magazines, and screened her films at True/False,
East End Film Festival, London International Documentary Festival, the
British Film Institute and others. This is her first feature. She is
partially deaf.
Kat Mansoor (Producer) is a multi-award winning producer and co-founder
of production company Animal Monday. Her credits include double
Grierson winner and RTS-nominated documentary Here’s Johnny: a
character driven film that incorporates science and art
(internationally sold). Animal Monday have recently completed Wojtek:
the Bear that Went to War (BBC, MDR, TVP co-pro), a feature documentary
about a bear that became a Soldier in WW2.
Contact
Director/Producer Lindsey Dryden [email protected] + 44 (0) 7941
261 083
Producer Kat Mansoor [email protected] + 44 (0) 7956 876 452
http://www.lostandsound.org
@lost_sound_film
http://www.facebook.com/lostandsoundfilm
All the best,
Lindsey Dryden
Director/Producer
Lost and Sound
[email protected]
+44 (0) 7941 261 083