Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival
October 31, 2008
Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival is happening November 6th - 15th. It’s an annual film festival that presents features and shorts touching upon the facts and mythology surrounding mental health and addiction.
Each program focuses on a different theme. Post-screening panel discussions involve filmmakers, artists and people with professional and personal experience with mental illness and addiction.
info:
http://www.rendezvouswithmadness.com/
Family Outreach and Response Executive Director Karyn Baker will be speaking on a panel following the viewing of this movie:
Sunday, November 9
1:00pm
“Love Conquers All”
This program is rated PG (Coarse Language)
At the end of the day, all you really have is family. Whether it’s dozens and dozens of birds, or buried under mountains of debris, sometimes that family is where you find it. In this program Rendezvous with Madness explores the incredible influence families have on mental health and the transformative power they have on healing. These films prove that no matter how difficult things get, when families stick together anything can happen.
My Mother’s Garden
Cynthia Lester
USA
2008
70 min
Colour/Beta SP
Contact: Cynthia Lester
One woman’s battle with a hoarding disorder so consuming that her children are ultimately pushed out of the house by an ever-growing mountain of debris. In this gripping documentary, Eugenia’s kids come together for the first time in years to confront their mother’s illness, dig out their childhood home, and regain a sense of family.
Cynthia Lester pursued her film studies at UC Santa Cruz where she directed several short films and documentaries. Cynthia has also worked with HBO Documentaries and such films as Riker’s High, Annapolis, and The Fountain. My Mother’s Garden is her feature length directorial debut.
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