Category / Films / Afflictions Series
Review of Afflictions by Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute
“Resisting psychiatric labels, on on the one hand, and cultural cliches, on the other, the films explore and counterpose political, biomedical, mystical, and familial frames, illuminating without ever reducing, respecting the essential ambiguity of human behavior…What more could one ask of an ethnographic film? …beautiful and moving accounts, humane in their focus, filled with subtle…
Ritual Burdens and Memory of My Face @ World Mental Health Congress
Ritual Burdens and Memory of My Face will be presented at the World Mental Health Congress Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 8/25-8/28/13.
Memory of My Face @ Amorosi Teatro Festival
Memory of My Face has been officially selected to be part of the Amorosi Teatro Festival in Italy on July 12, 2013 at 8:30pm at the Cortile Cioffi Amorosi. At Amorosi Theatre festival, theatrical fiction thus enters into real life and everyday life is measured by the exceptional. A collective ritual that helps to recover…
Afflictions wins Award of Excellence & Ngaben wins Honorable Mention @ International Film Fest for Environment, Health, and Culture
Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia (2010) wins the Award of Excellence for documentary feature category and Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart wins Honorable Mention for documentary short category at the International Film Festival for Environment, Health, and Culture on 5/3/2013. The International Film Festival for Environment, Health, and Culture was…
Kites and Monsters @ Humboldt Film Festival
Kites and Monsters is an official selection and nominee for the documentary competition of the 46th Annual Humboldt Film Festival in Arcata, CA. The film will be screening at 4/18/13 at 7 pm
Kites and Monsters wins 2nd Place @ Los Angeles New Wave Film Festival
Kites and Monsters receives Best Editing and Second Place for Short Documentary Awards at the Los Angeles New Wave Spring 2013 Competition on 4/21/13.
The Bird Dancer @ Fallbrook Film Festival
The Bird Dancer is an official selection of the 5th Fallbrook Film Festival in Fallbrook, CA. The film will screen on 4/10/13 at 6pm.
Memory of My Face @ Northern California International Film Festival
Memory of My Face is an official selection of the Northern California International Film Festival and will be screening on local KAZTV on February 4, 12, and 20, 2013 at 11:30pm.