Katy Kavanaugh, MA ’10, recently repatriated from Germany, where she researched the impact of foreign-language films on childhood autobiographical memory. She received funding support for her research from Stanford, Free University Berlin and the Berlin International Film Festival’s Generation section. Her research efforts inspired her to develop a rough cut documentary about her search to find Felix — an 11-year-old international film buff Kavanaugh met in 2001 — and to learn how a childhood spent watching international films has influenced his life. The film is now in post-production. Kavanaugh is raising funds through fiscal sponsor Cinefemme.net to complete the project.
In Germany, Kavanaugh also worked with several education, health care, government and finance firms as a design thinking coach. She produced “d.confestival,” the first international conference of design thinkers, at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam in September, and served as a guest expert at Design Thinking Week Poland in October. To learn more about her work supporting planning and innovation teams, visit Katykavanaugh.weebly.com.
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