Breaking the chains is going to Italy (while the film director is going to India) to premiere in two festivals: Campania Film Festival in Naples (where it will be screened on the 15th December) and Intimalente 20-22nd December. Diffondete l’informazione anche agli italiani e grazie!

In the meantime, here at Movie-ment we are applying for funding to carry out another mental health ethnographic documentary project in Ghana and Indonesia, get in touch you have an advice or can provide resources to partner in the project (you can use the Contact Form)

Happy Festivities and we wish a 2018 with better mental health and less human rights abuses to us all!

Breaking the chains is screening as part of the Culture Unplugged festival on the 23th June 2016. As part of this festival, the film can be watched online for free for 24 hours.

Circulate the link to people you think might be interested to watch it! Thanks

Breaking the chains is screening at on one of the biggest arts and mental health festival tonight 8th November at 6 pm in Toronto as part of Rendezvous with Madness, jointly screened also at Reel Asia International Film Festival.

Click HERE for more info, and download the catalogue with interesting film suggestions HERE Thrilled that the organisers listed among similar films two of my favourite films of all times: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) and Titicut Follies (1967)!

Watch here a short video about pasung:

GOOD NEWS! ‘Breaking the chains’ has been selected for screening at Ethnografilm in Paris (April 9-12 2015), which also also two mini festivals in India and kenya. Merci!

On July 8, a day before Indonesia held its presidential election, the parliament passed the bill on mental health into law. The election coverage drowned the news of the new law, but not its significance.

Thousands of people in Indonesia are subjected to shackling by families who lack knowledge and resources in caring for people with mental disorders. The new law aims to stop this.

The legislation spells out a more comprehensive approach to mental health treatment and creates a legal obligation for the government to protect people with mental disorders.

Continue reading this interesting article about new developments in Indonesia in The Conversation

Also, the sound-mix is almost completed and Breaking the chains will be completed and ready for distribution in max 2 weeks, stay tuned!

Read about the upcoming project on violence against women in Sri Lanka (and possibly Philippines) at https://movie-ment.org/violence-against-women-an-ethnographic-documentary-starting-soon/

For more info or to provide support please contact Dr Erminia Colucci