A monthly film series promoting professional and community education on issues pertaining to mental health and illness. Presented by The Cinematheque and the Institute of Mental Health, UBC Department of Psychiatry. Screenings are generally held on the third Wednesday of each month at The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St, Vancouver, BC.
Ireland/UK 2022 (84min DCP)
Director: Simon Chambers
Wednesday December 13th @ 7:00pm
The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St)
Film Description
When filmmaker Simon Chambers puts his work on hold to tend to his aging uncle David, he believes he will be helping for a few months. But months turn into years as Simon takes on the Herculean task of caring for David, a former actor who came out late in life. Stubbornly refusing to leave his cluttered house, and consequently endangered by associated hazards, David nonetheless indefatigably bursts into spontaneous song, dance, and King Lear soliloquies in the nude. Though there are moments when Simon’s patience with David wears thin, it’s obvious there is a special kinship between the two. Intimately shot and cleverly edited, with Simon’s narration offering a droll sense of calm amidst chaos, Much Ado About Dying is a touching account of the complexities of aging and the burden of care experienced by family members who take on the responsibility.
Best Directing
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2022
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“A candid, close-to-the-bone doc … Piercingly personal … [An] achingly funny-sad film.” — Guy Lodge, Variety
“One of the biggest hits emerging at IDFA … Simultaneously touching, endearing, and often riotously funny.” — Matthew Carey, Deadline
Post-screening Discussion:
Post-screening discussion with Amanda Brown, RSW. Moderated by Dr. Harry Karlinsky, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
About the Panel:
Amanda Brown is a social worker and the director of Vancouver Coastal Health’s Re:Act Adult Protection Program. Her background is in geriatric mental health, and she has spent the last 23 years integrating BC’s adult protection law, the Adult Guardianship Act, into practice in a health care setting. She provides education, consultation, and systemic support to designated responders who investigate and intervene in situations where vulnerable adults are experiencing abuse, neglect, and self-neglect.
Dr. Harry Karlinsky, the Series Director of Frames of Mind and a Clinical Professor in the UBC Department of Psychiatry, has a longstanding commitment to professional and public education. He has presented nationally and internationally on topics ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to information technology to narrative medicine to PTSD and to the use of films in health care education.
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