SCARF in association with ICAF
supported by
Airtel & The Hindu
Present
Frame of Mind Film Festival on Mental Health
Schedule : 10th to 12th October 2008
Frame Of Mind (www.frameofmind.in) is a unique, 3-day film festival on Mental Health organized by SCARF (Schizophrenia Research Foundation), an NGO in Chennai (www.scarfindia.org) in association with ICAF from 10-12 Oct (Fri-Sun) ‘08 at the South Indian Film Chamber Of Commerce.
Frame Of Mind is a part of an international conference on schizophrenia (www.icons-scarf.org) that is held every two years, attended by mental health professionals from all over the world.
The main objectives of the festival are to improve awareness about mental health and beat the stigma attached to mental disorders and to stimulate & promote interest on Mental Health issues among film makers.
These are the main aspects to Frame Of Mind, the festival…
1. 9 feature films and some short films accurately portraying mental illnesses - manifestations of disorders like Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Learning Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - will be screened. The campaign seeks to help dispel fears and clichéd images of personalities with mental disorders. Care has been taken to screen feature films which convey a positive message.
2. Admission is free. Members are requested to send their friends / guests / families for this festival from 10th to 12th October.
3. The interesting part is a panel discussion at the end of every feature film where the audience is encouraged to ask questions about the film which was screened. A psychiatrist and a filmmaker will be present to answer the questions to help understand the nuances of the film, both medically and cinematically.
4. A competitive section seeking to counter negative, inaccurate and cliched images of people with mental illness. Students, film-makers, doctors and care-givers, among others were invited to create clean, accurate, realistic and optimistic short films (under 5 minutes) portraying mental illness, which will be seen by an eminent panel of jury who will award cash prizes to the best films.
SYNOPSIS
VENUE : South Indian Film Chamber Theatre
10th October 2008
VADAKKUMNATHAN (Malayalam) 9.00 am 10th October 2008
Mohanlal’s portrayal of the inner demons and depressions of a highly-skilled Sanskrit scholar
IRIS (English) 2.00 pm 10th October 2008
A tender depiction of novelist Iris Murdoch’s descent into Alzheimer’s Disease
VEYYIL (Tamil) 6.00 pm 10th October 2008
Vasantha Balan’s award winning film revolves around parenting and child development
with a poignant performance by Pasupathy
11th October 2008
OIL ON WATER (English) 9.00 am 11th October 2008
A beautiful, haunting story about a young, creative artist who develops schizophrenia couple set in South Africa
THE AVIATOR (English ) 2.00 pm11th October 2008
Martin Scorsese’s film with an amazing performance by Leonardo Di Caprio as Howard Hughes, a genius debilitated by severe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
TAARE ZAMIN PAR (Hindi) 6.00 pm 11th October 2008
Aamir Khan’s directorial debut film on learning disabilities portrayed by the talented Darsheel Safary.
12 October 2008
HIDING DIVYA (English) 9.00 am 12 October2008
Tackles the taboo of mental illness (bipolar disorder) in an Asian American in New Jersey
CANVAS (English) 2.00 pm 12th October 2008
A child’s struggle to find his own identity while dealing with his mother’s troubling illness - schizophrenia
WOH LAMHE (Hindi) 6.00 pm 12 October 2008
Mahesh’s Bhat’s hauntingly beautiful tapestry of a chapter in the life of the late actress Parveen Babi