Ann Upton is a filmmaker from Waterford (Ireland). Her work exists at the intersection of the minimal and surreal, exploring and interrogating the formal structures and conventions of filmmaking. Her faux-interactive film ‘The Looking Game,’ completed during her MA at the Royal College of Art, received the Visionary Award at Animator, screened at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and was acquired by the BFI. Ann is a lecturer at The National Film School at IADT. Her research explores animation as a form of empathy.
