094660/Z/10/Z: Centrefold

Project Summary:This project, "Centrefold: Animated Documentary about Labiaplasty" brings together two leading medical practitioners, an artist and a film producer to create a ten-minute animated documentary that explores the ethics of labiaplasty surgery in the UK. The film follows two women who intend to undergo the procedure. Their personal journeys will be balanced with research drawn from the work of leading medical practitioners and information extracted from a public research blog. The artist will use animation to interpret the research using devices such as metaphor and characterization to engage with her audience in a way that live action cannot. The intended audience is women, adolescent [16+] and adults. Centrefold invites its audience to consider the ethics of this procedure in relation to issues surrounding class and religion, while gaining a greater understanding of the anatomy of the genitals and the science involved. The film will be screened on the internet and shown at animation festivals and medical conferences.

Grant Holder:Mrs Siobhan Fenton

Organisation:Lynchpin Productions Ltd

Financial Year:2010/2011