A Monthly Mental Health Film Series
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 – 7:30pm
Israel/Germany 2014. Dirs: Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon. 95 min. Blu-ray Disc
A box-office hit in Israel, this tender and humanistic film audaciously walks the finest of lines between comedy and tragedy. Post-screening discussion with Dr. Derryck Smith, Dr. Terry Anderson, and Dr. Michael Varelas.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 – 7:30pm
USA 2015. Dir: Glenn Holsten. 88 min. DCP
VANCOUVER PREMIERE! This heart-warming and inspiring documentary reminds us that mental health recovery and hope can be found in the most unlikely of places. Post-screening discussion with Caroline MacGillivray and Sandra Severs. Co-sponsored by Beauty Night Society
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 – 7:30pm
Netherlands 2015. Dir: Sander Burger. 76 min.
DCPA social robot, or “carebot,” developed to provide companionship to the elderly, is the subject of this fascinating documentary. Post-screening discussion with Dr. Mike Van der Loos
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 – 7:30pm
VANCOUVER PREMIERE! Director Adam Salky elicits an extraordinary performance from Sarah Silverman in this blistering drama. Post-screening discussion with Dr. Heather Fulton
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 – 7:30pm
Germany/Norway 2015. Dir: Sonja Heiss. 90 min. DCP
VANCOUVER PREMIERE! Aptly characterized as a “German angst comedy,” this is the tragicomic story of a thirtysomething battling depression. Post-screening discussion with Dr. Trish Nolan
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 – 7:30pm
Australia 2015. Dir: Matthew Bate. 90 min. Blu-ray Disc
Post-screening discussion with Dr. Rene Weideman
Matthew Bate’s remarkable documentary stitches together 35 years of Colorado native Sam Klemke’s “personal status reports.”
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 – 7:30pm
Sweden/Germany 2015. Dir: Sanna Lenken. 95 min. Blu-ray Disc
Post-screening discussion with Dr. Vicki Klassen and Shelley Geislinger.
Drawing on her own adolescent struggles with anorexia, first-time director Sanna Lenken has crafted a winning family drama centred on two young sisters.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 – 7:30pm
USA 2015. Dir: Matt Fuller. 75 min. Blu-ray Disc
Post-screening discussion with Dr. Anthony Bailey
VANCOUVER PREMIERE! Matt Fuller’s hopeful and affecting documentary looks at the romantic relationships of four adults with autism.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 – 7:30pm
Slovakia 2015. Dir: Marko Škop. 106 min. Blu-ray Disc
Post-screening discussion with Dr. Rene Weideman
VANCOUVER PREMIERE! Writer-director Marko Škop’s intimate psychological drama won a prestigious International Critics Prize at TIFF this year. Emília Vášáryová plays the titular Eva, a discredited, once-famous actress well into her 60s, recently released from her third stint in rehab for alcoholism, and desperate to make amends with the now-adult son she abandoned in infancy to the care of her sister.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 – 7:30pm
Canada 2015. Dir: Mia Donovan. 90 min. DCP
VANCOUVER PREMIERE! Cult “deprogramming” in the ’70s is the subject of Mia Donovan’s fascinating new documentary.