Alexithymia (2017)

What's it like to feel no emotion?

A young filmmaker questions how he connects to his emotions, by talking to a stranger online who can’t feel any. This stranger (Robert) suffers from 'Alexithymia', which is a condition most simply described as ‘Emotional Blindness’, it’s the inability to identify and describe emotions in the self.

AWARDS:
Winner - Best UK Short Film - Open City Documentary Festival 2017

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
03/2017 - Glasgow Short Film Festival, Scotland (UK)
04/2017 - Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham (UK)
09/2017 - Open City Documentary Festival, London (UK)
09/2017 - Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival, Bristol, (UK)
10/2017 - Scottish Mental Health & Arts Film Festival, Glasgow, (UK)
11/2017 - Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York (UK)
11/2017 - Inverness International Film Festival (UK)
01/2018 - 11th British Shorts Film Festival (Germany)

PRESS:
shortoftheweek.com/2018/02/05/alexithymia/
screendaily.com/news/open-city-documentary-festival-2017-winners-announced/5122257.article
soundcloud.com/duncancowles/duncan-cowles-on-bbc-radio-scotland-janice-forsyth-show-10-10-17

Completed: January 2017
Length: 10minutes
Production Company: Relative Films Ltd
Contact: info@duncancowles.com
Website: duncancowles.com/alexithymia
Trailer: vimeo.com/203805018

Cast: Duncan Cowles, Shaun Glowa, Will Anderson and Alex Cowles

Tags: Alexithymia, Skype, Experimental, short film, Stillhead, music, open city docs, Best UK Short Award, documentary and scottish