Katharine Round
Artist & Filmmaker
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ABOUT
I make award-winning non-fiction films that are seen in cinemas, television, art galleries, online, and on the street. I’ve had support from the Arts Council, BFI, Creative Europe, Forma Arts, CPH:LAB, Dartmouth Films, Passion Pictures, the Guardian, Serpentine Galleries and many others.
My work is driven by a deep curiosity towards "ordinary" human beings: our contradictions, humanity and fallibility as we attempt to make sense of the world.
I often explore specific situations that illuminate wider thematic ideas, with formalist intervention to “provoke reality” and uncover new ways of seeing our lives. I don’t hide my presence and aim to question myself as much as I do others, and as such, I acknowledge a vision of the world through "imperfect" eyes: a cinema of lies as much as of truth.
This site acts as a notepad for past and ongoing work, I aim to share my evolving thought processes as well as the results.
My work is produced via Disobedient Films.
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CONTACT
Disobedient Films
10-28 Millers Avenue
London E8 2DS
Disobedient Films
10-28 Millers Avenue
London E8 2DS
Email Me: katharineround [@] gmail dot com
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Dearborn, Michigan
A film that weaves together five people as they traverse, in parallel, the roads of Dearborn. Michigan: the birthplace of Ford and the American Dream. The rustbelt working class find themselves looked down on by affluent immigrants, themselves branded a terrorist threat. As each seeks to be understood, their lives intertwine in a series of misunderstandings, including those of - and towards - the filmmaker who just wants to get her film made. The film becomes a metaphor for the landscape of distrust that permeates the country, both outsiders and those within. It is also a mediation on the appearance of truth, how we see ourselves and each other and if we can ever truly see the world as it is.
A short version of the film was created for Guardian Documentaries, which screened as Official Selection at East End Film Festival (Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World/Rich Mix London), Bertha Dochouse and Shuffle Festival (nominated for Short Film Prize). A full length version is in post-production and due for release in 2024.