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Another Presence

Another Presence recounts the unique and often curious experiences of people living with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), the third most common form of dementia. A multi-sensory condition that can cause dream-like symptoms, it’s a condition like no other. Told through the testimonies of those living with DLB, the film explores the surreal and lesser known effects of dementia, compelling us to question how our brains function and to what extent we can trust our senses.

  • Simon Ball
    Director
    Do I See What You See?
  • Rimona Weil
    Research Advisor
  • Oliver Zimmermann
    Camera Operator
  • Genres:
    Documentary, Science
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 7, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    19,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Flatpack Festival
    Birmingham
    United Kingdom
    May 18, 2022
    International Premier
  • Berlin Animation Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    October 2, 2022
    German
  • Aesthetica Short Film Festival
    York
    United Kingdom
    November 1, 2022
  • Factual Animation Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    September 24, 2022
    German
  • New Chitose Airport Animation Festival
    Sapporo
    Japan
    November 4, 2022
    Japan
    Special Jury Prize
  • REX Animated Film Festival
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    November 5, 2022
    Sweden
  • Tiblisi International Animation Festival
    Tiblisi
    Georgia
    November 4, 2022
    Georgia
    Best Animated Documentary
  • Imagine Science Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    November 9, 2022
  • London International Animation Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 29, 2022
Director Biography - Simon Ball

Simon Ball is an award winning film-maker and animator working across abstraction, documentary and commercial projects. His abstract works, in collaboration with Zai Tang, have screened and exhibited internationally. Simon’s most recent documentary ‘Do I See What You See?’, about people living with a rare form of Dementia’ was awarded ‘Best Commissioned Film’ at the Manchester animation festival and continues to be screened widely in scientific communities. He has over ten years experience as a freelance animator and motion designer, spanning broadcast, film and commercial projects.

www.simon-ball.com

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Director Statement

"My first interview, with a daughter and her mother who lived with dementia with Lewy bodies, was one of the most fascinating conversations that I've ever had. It wasn't simply the range of symptoms that they had experienced, but the way these symptoms blended into and fluctuated with one another that, to hear them, left you unsure as to what was real and what was not. Hallucinations, dreams and delusions, as well as problems with cognitive function, such as remembering sequences in time, made for a very surreal conversation. And yet throughout all of this, the mother remained remarkably lucid, giving objective insight and often making jokes about the strangeness of the whole story."