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ILLUMINATE
Illuminate is Cork Film Festival’s unique series of film and discussion events, which use cinema as a platform to explore different aspects of mental health and wellbeing. Presented in association with the HSE Cork Mental Health Service, First Fortnight and supported by ESB Energy for Generations Fund, Illuminate aims to promote awareness and initiate discussion around issues that affect us all.
These carefully curated events are uniquely designed to enable conversations about mental health in an open and welcoming space. The 2019 programme features a new documentary, a debut feature and a retrospective film title, offering three very different thematic narratives and platforms for dialogue.
Ernie & Joe is an emphatically crafted and immensely moving documentary following two San Antonio
police officers who are employing radical initiatives in dealing with people with mental health issues. The film and discussion is presented in partnership with First Fortnight and will include participation from An Garda Síochána and the HSE, who will discuss the film in
the context of Irish policies around mental health and policing.
System Crasher is a psychological drama about Benni, a nine-year-old girl with profound mental health problems, whose out-of-control aggression has forced her into the care of child protection services. Advocates from groups including CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) and EPIC (Empowering People in Care) will speak after the screening, giving their reactions to the film and discussing how it relates to their own professional experiences.
This year, we are thrilled to welcome writer and director Carmel Winters (Float Like A Butterfly, 2018 CFF Audience Award), as our special Illuminate curator. We invited Carmel, as an established director and outspoken activist, to choose a film that has inspired and influenced her. Her chosen film is the Canadian drama The Sweet Hereafter, directed by Atom Egoyan. Carmel will present an extended introduction before the film.
ILLUMINATE SCHEDULE
Ernie & Joe
Jennifer McShane | USA | 2019 | 97 mins Documentary
Mon 11 Nov | 18:00 | Triskel
See p. 47 for details
System Crasher
Nora Fingscheidt | Germany | 2019 | 119 mins Narrative
Wed 13 Nov | 18:00 | Triskel
See p. 57 for details
The Sweet Hereafter
Atom Egoyan | Canada | 1997 | 112 mins | Narrative
Sat 16 Nov | 12:00 | Triskel See p. 74 for details
Visit corkfilmfest.org/illuminate for further details.
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