Mental Health Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

tao/s Present a Raw Portrait of Family Turmoil Born of Mental Illness in Personal Short ‘Very Still, Very Quiet’

tao/s explain why the one-shot was the most authentic way to capture the emotional chaos of a family trying to cope with their mom's mental health disorder.

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Live Action, Premiere

Johannes Moe Blurs the Psychiatrist-Patient Dynamic With Devastating Consequences in ‘Lighting Up the Darkness’

Johannes Moe unpacks how Denmark’s mental health system failures reshaped his film and why humour was an essential element of its devastating narrative.

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Live Action

Riffy Ahmed’s ‘The Call’ Presents an Improbable Hero in Her Tower Block Meditation on Intergenerational Bonds

Riffy Ahmed discusses integrating magical realism into her short film which offers a fresh take on the emotional dynamics of mother/daughter relationships.

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Animation, Awards

The Art of Minimalism: Shirin Sohani & Hossein Molayemi on Oscar Winning Animation ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress’

We learn how Shirin Sohani & Hossein Molayemi battled against the headwinds of filmmaking in Iran all the way to the Academy Awards with their animated short.

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Art & Fashion

Satya Gautam & Gili Twena Capture the Rhythms of Anxiety in Their Instinctual Dance Film ‘The Butterfly’

Satya Gautam explains the process of translating sensations of panic and unease into cohesive contrasting movements of loneliness and connection.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Shocking Discovery Upsets the Bliss of a Newly Cohabiting Couple in Chris Parton’s Comedy ‘SVEN’

Chirs Parton talks about bouncing between his writer and director roles when tweaking the script on the set of his comedy about a couple's cohabitating woes.

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Live Action, Premiere

An Overworked Game Developer’s Multiple Personalities Revive a Deeply Buried Memory in Guen Murroni’s ‘As for Me’

Guen Murroni reveals her subtle approach to authentic character portrayal and the blending of past and present in her dissociative identity disorder drama.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Chance Encounter With a Hustler Shifts a Suicidal Young Man’s Perspective in Lovell Holder’s ‘You Say Hello’

Lovell Holder opens up on why moving to a non-linear structure during post yielded a more compelling version of his queer drama about a young man on the brink.

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Live Action, Premiere

Amelia Sears’ ‘Three’ Dives Into the Psyche of a New Mother Fervently Grappling With Her Identity

Amelia Sears explains how she captured the difficulty of redefining your sense of self in the destabilising wake of becoming a mother for the first time.

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Live Action

A Major Injury Forces a Professional Footballer to Question His Sense of Self in William Miller’s ‘Broke’

William Miller shares how his background helped him to authentically portray the locations, movements and emotions of professional football in his debut short.

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Live Action

Hysteria and Paranoia Take Hold in Joe Williams & Charlie Edwards-Moss’ Folk Horror Short ‘O, Glory!’

Joe Williams & Charlie Edwards-Moss discuss imbuing their 70s-influenced folk horror with a contemporary edge while shooting on 35mm to evoke the time period.

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Documentary, Film Festival

Duncan Cowles on His Signature Deadpan Style and ‘Silent Men’ the Feature Film Culmination of a Decade of Shorts

Duncan Cowles speaks to us about his new shorts 'Outlets' 'Sighscapes' and 'Desire Lines', and the upcoming premiere of his debut documentary feature film.

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