"Reinventing trauma with each decisive daub of her paintbrush, artist and filmmaker Amber Bardell explores and pays homage to the restorative powers of art and artistic expression." - Steph Green, for Screen Queens
We ran some stats about the film's diversity on Instagram to promote transparency:
"It's not ideal for equality but more diverse than the majority of big productions"
- AMBER, director
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"What is apparent throughout the whole of the film’s runtime is the overwhelming love that Bardell and her subjects have for what they do and the ability to connect with that from an audience perspective is a crucial success of this film."
- Elliott jones, for the indiependent
Art as Catharsis was awarded runner up for 'Best Genre Film' at the monkey bread tree film awards
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see the photo to the right for what the judges said.
testimonials
“I wanted to thank you for bringing Art as Catharsis into the world. It really inspired me and made me quite emotional”
- Poppy Vinciguerra, Model in the film
“Really marvelous film. A huge variety of approaches and individual expectations of achievement and what this means to each one of us. You cover the diaspora of creativity in a thoughtful and sensitive context.”
- Julia Quigley, tutor at West Street Potters
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"Your film is brilliant on so many fronts and we were transfixed throughout. A really thought-provoking theme cradled by fascinating interviews - and the incredible way you revisited your experience in Paris and took strength from your sketches at the time."
- Phil Kemp, friend
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