Events and Seminars
| Event | : | The 13th European Psychoanalytic Film Festival (EPFF13) |
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| Venue | : | Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE |
| Date | : | 13/11/2026 - 15/11/2026 |
| Duration | : | 9:00 AM - 7:30 PM (BST) |
| Extra Info | : | Bringing together contemporary European filmmakers exploring passion in its myriad forms: in the passionate suffering of mourning, in the passion for truth or in impossible love. It is the intensity and urgency of feeling that unites them all. Passion disturbs. Complex and compelling, it disrupts reason, unsettles order, and defies containment. The word ‘passion’ is derived from the Latin root patior, meaning ‘to suffer’ or ‘to undergo.’ Sharing its origin with ‘patient’ and ‘passive,’ it is experienced as an overwhelming force imposed upon us and, seeming to be beyond our control, it is akin to madness. Passion is not defined by its object: its essence is excess. Like Hope (EPFF11) and Journey (EPFF12), Passion is not a psychoanalytic concept, yet it runs like a red thread through the work of Freud from the seething cauldron of the unconscious to the life and death drives. In the films we have chosen for the festival, contemporary European filmmakers explore passion in its myriad forms: in the passionate suffering of mourning, in the passion for truth or in impossible love. It is the intensity and urgency of feeling that unites them all. It was the twin passions for film and psychoanalysis of Andrea Sabbadini (1950-2025) that inspired him to create this biennial event and we celebrate his life and work in the opening afternoon of this, the 13th festival. |
| Organised By | : | Institute of Psychoanalysis – IOPA / British Psychoanalytical Society (incorporating the Institute o |
| Web Link | : | https://www.epf-fep.eu/en/event/the-13th-european-psychoanalytic-film-festival-epff13 |