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Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2014

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Tell Tale Signs and Red Dust
Les Enfants De Sisyphe (Country: Belgium; Year: 2011; Director: Didier Minne; Writer: Mikhail Kissine, Didier Minne)
Belgian toddlers diagnosed with autism or psychosis are prepared for going to special schools.
The Hard Dream (Country: Iran; Year: 2013; Director: Behrouz Bagheri; Writer: Behrouz Bagheri; Stars: Mehdi Bozorgzade, Nima Pourdehnad, Mehdi Bozorg Zadeh)
A robot contemplates the melancholy struggles of everyday life.
Images Of Bedlam (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Gareth Rubin; Stars: Dan Duggan, Terence Wilde, Stephanie Bates)
An exploration of the way in which creating art can help residents of the world's oldest psychiatric institution to cope with their problems.
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Lizard Girl (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Lynsey Miller; Stars: Molly Harmon, Quinton Nyrienda)
A ten year old gil who prefers her chameleon to other people tries to change her ways in order to get to know a cute boy.
Out Door (Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Stephen Johnston, Edward Summerton)
A young man once held in a psychiatric institution and now living off the radar in rural Scotland explains how creative endeavour has transformed his life.
Images Of Bedlam Images Of Bedlam
Images Of Bedlam and Unravelling Eve
Piros Fehér Zöld (Country: Hungary; Year: 2013; Director: Tareck Raffoul; Writer: Tareck Raffoul)
An ageing mother tries to find a home for her middle aged son, who has Down's Syndrome, before she dies.
Red Dust (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Ilona Kacieja; Writer: Ilona Kacieja)
An investigation into a mysterious cluster of illnesses in Lanarkshire, near the site of the Ravenscraig Steelworks.
Full Review
Sea Front (Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Claire Lamond)
When you put your ear to a shell what do you hear?
Tell Tale Signs (Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Sitar Rose)
Five survivors of childhood sexual abuse talk about how their experiences have affected their adult lives.
Full Review
Today Is Monday (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Owen Davies)
A look at life inside an acute medical and mental health unit.
Unravelling Eve (Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Joan Molloy)
Nine women talk about their experiences of postpartum psychosis.
Full Review See: Interview with Joan Molloy about Unravelling Eve
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