Screenings - Page 23 of 26 - Frames of Mind

Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Wednesday, October 21, 2005 – 7:30 pm
Great Britain/France/Japan 1998. Director: John Maybury
Post-screening discussion with Ramon Kubicek
Cosponsored by Gallery Gachet and the Art Studios and The Ubyssey

“One of the nastiest and most truthful portraits of the artist-as-monster ever filmed” (Stephen Holden, New
York Times), Love Is the Devil offers a riveting and disquieting
depiction of a riveting and disquieting painter. Recognized during his
lifetime as “England’s greatest living painter,” Francis Bacon (played
here in a fearless, astonishing performance by Derek Jacobi) created
violent and disturbing paintings portraying the human body in all its
ugliness and anguish — his works a constant probing of the horrors of
existence.

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Vincent and Theo

Wednesday, September 28, 2005 – 7:30 pm
France/United Kingdom/Netherlands 1990. Director: Robert Altman
Post-screening discussion with: Ramon Kubicek
Cosponsored by Gallery Gachet and the Art Studios

An unflinching and powerful portrait of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, acknowledged today as
one of the world’s greatest artists, but in his lifetime completely unrecognized.

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Spider / Patricia Grey

Thursday, August 18, 2005 – 7:30 pm
United Kingdom / Canada 2002. Director: David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg’s magnificent, bleak Spider stars
Ralph Fiennes in a tour-de-force performance as Dennis Clegg, nicknamed
“Spider” by his mother during his childhood because of his fascination
with arachnids and their webs. Spider has spent the last thirty years
in a facility for the mentally ill.

Preceded by

Patricia Grey

Canada, 2004. Director: Anne Koizumi

A dark animated short about the haunted world of a woman, Patricia Grey, whose daughter has
been strangled with her skipping rope. The viewer sees Patricia as she
is led through her excruciating and painful interrogation about her
daughter’s death.

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The Brood / Birthday

Thursday July 21, 2005 – 7:30 pm
Canada 1979. Director: David Cronenberg
Post-screening discussion with David Spaner

Struggling with a crumbling marriage, Nola Carveth (Samantha Eggar)
undergoes an experimental psychiatric therapy that encourages her to
purge her emotional turmoil by embracing and fully experiencing her
rage. Practiced by the charismatic Dr Raglan (Oliver Reed) at the
isolated Somafree Institute, this new treatment is not without its side
effects.

Preceded by

Birthday

Canada, 2004. Director: Erös

Martha prepares a birthday cake for her daughter Mira. When a young man
arrives with his best wishes, Martha dismisses him. Meanwhile, cocooned
in a dark cavity of the basement, Mira’s restless sleep ends abruptly,
as she awakes covered in blood.

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Shine

Thursday, June 16, 2005 – 7:30 pm
Australia/United Kingdom, 1996. Director: Scott Hicks
Post-screening discussion with Dr Mark Welch

An unexpected international box office sensation, Shine grossed well over $100 million
worldwide and garnered seven Academy Award nominations (including Best Film), with
newcomer Geoffrey Rush taking home the Best Actor Award. The film is based on the
true story of David Helfgott, an Australian pianist and child prodigy who is emotionally
brutalized by his father

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2nd Annual Frames of Mind Mental Health Film Festival

NEIGHBOURS: FREUD AND HITLER IN VIENNA

Canada, 2003. Dir: Manfred Becker
Post-screening discussant: Manfred Becker
THURS. MAY 12th at 7:30 pm

THE MACHINIST

USA/Spain, 2003. Dir: Brad Anderson
Post-screening discussant: Dr. Roland Atkinson
FRI. MAY 13th at 7:30 pm

“STORMY WEATHER”

Belgium/France/Iceland, 2003. Dir: Solveig Anspach
Post-screening discussant: Dr. Laura Chapman
SAT. MAY 14th at 7:30 pm

“OUT OF THE SHADOW”

USA, 2004. Dir: Susan Smiley
Post-screening discussant: Susan Smiley
Introduced by Mayor Larry Campbell and Karen O’Shannacery
SUN. MAY 15th at 7:30 pm
A Benefit for the Lookout Emergency Aid Society

SPECIAL WORKSHOPS:

“Treating Tony Soprano” with Dr. Roland Atkinson: Sat. May 14th at 2:00 pm
“The Sterilization of Leilani Muir” with Leilani Muir and Jay Chalke: Sun. May 15th at 2:00 pm

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Asylum

Thursday, April 21, 2005 – 7:30 pm
USA 1972. Director: Peter Robinson
Post-screening discussion with Richard W. Adams& Andrew Feldmár

In 1971, a trio of
filmmakers was granted permission by its residents to film for six
weeks in a unique home for “mentally troubled” individuals in London,
UK. The Archway Community was based in large part on the theories of
the late radical psychiatrist R.D. Laing, in particular his belief that
a communal living arrangement could avoid the hierarchical structure of
the usual doctor-patient relationship and break the cycle of people
being fruitlessly shuttled between mental hospitals and their often
dysfunctional homes.

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Slaves of the Lord (Avdei Hashem)

Thursday, March 17, 2005 – 7:30 pm
Israel 2002. Director: Hadar Friedlich
Post-screening discussion with Rabbi Philip Bregman and Dr. Steve Taylor

In a Jewish Orthodox village in Israel, Tamar – a twelve year old girl – prepares for her Bat-Mitzva (Confirmation), which will take place on Passover. She becomes convinced that she is impure and grows increasingly scared and depressed. She forces herself into an endless ritual of cleaning, while attempting to silence her unyielding whispering inner obsessional thoughts which detail every inch of her relentless guilt, over and over again.

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Knife in the Head (Messer Im Kopf)

Thurday, February 17, 2005 – 7:30 pm
West Germany 1978. Director: Reinhard Hauff
Post-screening discussion with Dr. Robert Stowe
Co-sponsored by the UBC Dept of Psychiatry Neuropsychiatry Program and the Lower Mainland Brain Injury Association

A disturbing and suspenseful film, “Knife in the Head” examines the
catastrophic effects on one man of being caught in the wrong place at
the wrong time. Dr. Berthold Hoffman (Bruno Ganz) is a leading
biogeneticist, married to his work and disinterested in politics. One
night he goes to meet his estranged wife at the youth centre where she
works.

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A Song for Martin (En Sång För Martin)

Thursday, January 20, 2005 – 7:30 pm
Sweden 2001. Director: Bille August
Co-sponsored by the Richmond Mental Health Services Older Adult Team and the Consulate General of Sweden in Vancouver.

A Song for Martin tells the story of two people late in life who find sudden, delirious love,
and then lose it in one of the most painful ways possible – to
Alzheimer’s disease. Barbara (Viveka Seldahl), a concert violinist, and
Martin (Sven Wollter), a world-famous conductor and composer, meet for
the first time when both are middle-aged.

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All screenings are at The Cinematheque 1131 Howe St, Vancouver, BC and are generally held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month

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