This news from Jin:
"The movie i have been working on since May is finally done and the premier is the 14th of December."
It is a movie about mental health. A short film challenging attitudes to mental health is set to screen at Signal Films new cinema room in the Cooke’s Studios on the run up to Christmas. Participants recruited via mental health support services Croftlands Trust and Mind in Furness came together to take part in skills training and practical workshops in order to write, direct, shoot and edit their own nine minute film, entitled Normal.
'About the film:
The group wanted to explore how people come to be branded as ‘mental’ versus ‘normal’, and how slippery the sliding scale between the two can be. The film follows anxious Lewis, 30, who has a history of mental illness, and his fellow ‘service users’ as they are coerced by their carer into taking part in a shambles of an art class. Under the auspices of helping their route to recovery the highly-strung teacher, failed artist Richard, patronises and bullies the class until complete chaos breaks out. But maybe Lewis, with the help of his imaginary friend Frank Bruno, will take charge and save the day?
Where & When:
The finished film will be screening at the Cookes Studios, 104 Abbey Road, on Wednesday 14th December, 6-7pm and will tie in with a celebration of the Croftlands Trust’s milestone of 25 years service in the mental health sector.
To book:
Members of the public who would like to view the film and join in the celebrations should contact Signal Films on 01229 838592 or info@signalfilms.co.uk to book a place as there a limited places available.
Thanks to....
The project was funded by the Big Lottery’s Reaching Communities fund alongside NIACE and WREN. The Big Lottery Fund distributes half of the National Lottery good cause funding across the UK. The Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need.
