Anouncing One-Off Screening Female Human Animals

“Near-uncategorisable. It punctures the pretentiousness of the art world--and it's a triumph.” Charlie Phillips, THE OBSERVER

 

“Social Surrealism… Moves between scenes of quiet profundity and sincerity into a kind of schlock horror.” Jennifer Higgie, FRIEZE

 

“Appignanesi's extraordinary hybrid documentary fuses surrealism and reality.. A remarkable & surprising portrait.” Kaleem Aftab, CINEUROPA

 

“Understands its place in cinema history… The aesthetic of uncertainty perfectly underscores the suspense of the film’s action” Kate Webb, The TLS

 

Shot in the real-life contemporary art world, Female Human Animal is a darkly romantic psychothriller about a creative woman disenchanted with what modern life has to offer her. Shot on a rare '80s video camera with a unique look, and deftly weaving fact and fiction, Female Human Animal is a darkly romantic fantasia of a woman who goes beyond societal norms, putting on screen the lurid unconscious of our new sexual politics.

 

With the Volksbuhne's Marc Hosemann, Patrick O'Kane (Game of Thrones) and Angus Wright (Peepshow), appearances from cultural figures like Juliet Jacques, Marina Warner, Adam Thirlwell, Stewart Home and Tom McCarthy, scored by Andy Cooke with new music from Tearist and the iconic O.M.D., Female Human Animal also pays homage to its guiding feminist spirit, the striking Leonora Carrington.

 

The film has had a limited release across independent cinemas, film festivals, and select independent bookshops, so we're delighted to be working with Josh to offer York a unique opportunity to view this brilliant film.

 

The film screening will be followed by a conversation between Dr Alexandra Kingston-Reese, lecturer in modern and contemporary literature, and Dr James Boaden from the Department of History of Art.

 

Join us! Please see here for event details.