Are You Alright? (Part 1)

(Part 2 on Friday, October 22nd, 6:00 pm, Schillerhof)
Are you alright? At first it looks like a phrase and there is so much more to it. The films in these two programs deal with different aspects of the human psyche and in particular with psychiatric illnesses such as depression or dementia.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Prof. Dr. Strauss, originally asked as an expert who will classify the clinical pictures thematized in the films and to discuss them with the audience, is unfortunately no longer able to take part in the event due to health reasons.
Diplom social worker Waag of the psychosocial counseling of the city of Jena will instead be available to answer questions about the film content.

(Schillerhof – blue room)

Keep it Quiet

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Fiction USA
direction: Yaya

Getting up and smiling for everybody else. An endless fight that may seem quite easy for others.

Sigo acá

I’m Still Here

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Documentary Chile
direction: Tana Gilbert

To suffer from dementia does not only mean to forget – it means so much more in the daily life of Julia and her son.

Stigma

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Documentary Germany
direction: Peter Jeschke, Jens Wagner

Did you ever talk to a pedophile person? There is so much more than what you know.

Gravedad

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Animation Bolivia
direction: Matisse Gonzalez Jordan

Some days are so heavy making me fall into a deep hole. And on other days, things become so light and easy letting me fly to the stars.