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Frames of Mind

Pacific Cinémathèque is pleased to join with the Institute of Mental Health, UBC Department of Psychiatry in presenting “Frames of Mind,” a monthly event utilizing film and video to promote professional and community education on issues pertaining to mental health and illness. Screenings, accompanied by presentations and panel discussions, are held on the third Wednesday of each month.

Series directed by Dr. Harry Karlinsky, Director of Public Education, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia. Programmed by Caroline Coutts, film curator, filmmaker and programmer at Knowledge, B.C.’s public educational broadcaster.

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Current Showings

Life With Murder
An exploration of the extraordinary choices parents face when one of their children is accused and convicted of murdering another.
Talhotblond
“Talhotblond” was the username of beautiful 18-year-old Jessi, whose online persona led to a real-life murder.

Recent Screenings

Taxi Driver
Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and nominated for four Academy Awards, Scorsese’s 1976 classic follows damaged anti-hero Travis Bickle.
Raging Bull
"A fusion of Hollywood genre with personal vision couched in images and sounds that are kinetic and visceral, and closer to poetry than pulp."
Counterparts
"Counterparts is above all about dependencies, love and fear." - Director Jan Bonny
The Forgiveness
Cleverly unravels the case of a 19-year-old paranoid schizophrenic who killed his father.
Can Go Through Skin
A hypnotic exploration of one woman’s struggle to regain both her strength and her sanity.
Ben: Diary of a Heroin Addict
A look at a heroin addict's life — through his own lens-eye.
Boy Interrupted
Every parent’s worst nightmare is, unquestionably, the death of their child — the very event experienced by Dana Perry in 2005 with the suicide of her 15-year-old son Evan.
0.9 Ampere
Expressionistic, thought-provoking documentary addresses the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) — often referred to as "electroshock" — in psychiatry.
When Medicine Got it Wrong
Directors Katie Cadigan and Laura Murray's hard-hitting documentary which provides historical context for our contemporary mental health care crisis.
It’s Not Me, I Swear!
A fresh, fast-paced seriocomic gem set in the summer of 1968 in suburban Montreal.
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