MDFF: Beyond the Burning/Mental as Everything/Want
Mental As Everything
By Damon Smith
Damon Smith has estimated that he has spent around 50 thousand hours of his life, so far, participating in absurd ritualistic behaviors associated with his obsessive Compulsive Disorder. With the help of his anxious friend, Adam, these two, Australian musicians, share, with original music, preposterous humor, and outlandish animations, the intricate and debilitating nature of what it is like to live and talk about mental illness in a world where it’s ok to talk about a broken arm but not ok to talk about a broken mind.
"With its wonderful balance of music, truth, and a message to share, Mental as Everything is simply necessary viewing.” - TUPLA MAGAZINE
Wanting to Fly
By Matt Morden
In this film we follow the journey of Neil through his first attempt at human suspension. In addition, we gain exclusive access to the suspension community in Melbourne, Australia and identify what leads people to suspend. This documentary highlights not only the physical aspects of human suspension but also why people decide to do this to their bodies. The documentary covers mental health and community belonging.
Beyond the Burning
By David Franjic
New Year’s Eve, 2019. The sky turns bright red in Mallacoota, East Gippsland, as a monstrous fire tears towards the town. Through mobile phone footage and interviews, bushfire survivors explain what it felt like to be there and the impact on local wildlife. Afterwards, we see the scorched remains of a forest through the eyes of a renowned nature photographer. An ecologist revisits her favourite temperate rainforest – normally too wet to burn – and explains what’s being lost as a hotter climate dries out the bush. In other parts of the ravaged landscape, wildlife carers offer shelter to injured animals, and a beekeeper explains how destructive logging practices have contributed to the frequency and intensity of the recent fires.
From this tragedy emerge local solutions. Traditional Owners survey the regenerating bush for totem species, conduct cultural burns and begin the long process of taking back management of the land. And renewable energy companies install battery and solar systems to make remote communities more resilient to future climate disasters, accelerating the shift from coal and gas to clean energy. Told in the authentic voices of bushfire survivors, Beyond the Burning takes us through the tragedy of the 2019/20 Australian fires and out the other side, towards a vision of a better future.
By Damon Smith
Damon Smith has estimated that he has spent around 50 thousand hours of his life, so far, participating in absurd ritualistic behaviors associated with his obsessive Compulsive Disorder. With the help of his anxious friend, Adam, these two, Australian musicians, share, with original music, preposterous humor, and outlandish animations, the intricate and debilitating nature of what it is like to live and talk about mental illness in a world where it’s ok to talk about a broken arm but not ok to talk about a broken mind.
"With its wonderful balance of music, truth, and a message to share, Mental as Everything is simply necessary viewing.” - TUPLA MAGAZINE
Wanting to Fly
By Matt Morden
In this film we follow the journey of Neil through his first attempt at human suspension. In addition, we gain exclusive access to the suspension community in Melbourne, Australia and identify what leads people to suspend. This documentary highlights not only the physical aspects of human suspension but also why people decide to do this to their bodies. The documentary covers mental health and community belonging.
Beyond the Burning
By David Franjic
New Year’s Eve, 2019. The sky turns bright red in Mallacoota, East Gippsland, as a monstrous fire tears towards the town. Through mobile phone footage and interviews, bushfire survivors explain what it felt like to be there and the impact on local wildlife. Afterwards, we see the scorched remains of a forest through the eyes of a renowned nature photographer. An ecologist revisits her favourite temperate rainforest – normally too wet to burn – and explains what’s being lost as a hotter climate dries out the bush. In other parts of the ravaged landscape, wildlife carers offer shelter to injured animals, and a beekeeper explains how destructive logging practices have contributed to the frequency and intensity of the recent fires.
From this tragedy emerge local solutions. Traditional Owners survey the regenerating bush for totem species, conduct cultural burns and begin the long process of taking back management of the land. And renewable energy companies install battery and solar systems to make remote communities more resilient to future climate disasters, accelerating the shift from coal and gas to clean energy. Told in the authentic voices of bushfire survivors, Beyond the Burning takes us through the tragedy of the 2019/20 Australian fires and out the other side, towards a vision of a better future.
| Rating | E |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Running Time | 120 |
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Session times for the new cinema week, commencing each Thursday, will be released the Tuesday afternoon prior
