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.
Before the screening, please join us in raising a glass to Caroline Coutts, who is retiring as series programmer after 21 years in the role. Complimentary sparkling wine will be served.
New Zealand 2021 (100min DCP)
Director: Michelle Savill
Wednesday September 20th @ 7:00pm
The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St)
Co-sponsored by Anxiety Canada
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Film Description
A festival favourite at Berlin, Edinburgh, and SXSW, Millie Lies Low is an exemplary feature debut from Michelle Savill, a comedy/drama with enough heart and chutzpah to rival the best of her Kiwi compatriot Taika Waititi. Played by the magnetic Māori actor Ana Scotney, Millie is a young architecture student recently awarded a coveted internship with a prestigious firm in New York City. On departure day, she experiences a panic attack right before take off and demands to be let off the plane. Too embarrassed to come clean to her friends and family, Millie makes the fateful decision to hide out in Wellington while trying to raise the funds for a replacement ticket, all the while posting to social media about her exciting new life in America. Of course, it all has to come crashing down eventually.
“Millie Lies Low sits somewhere between the chaotic self-destruction of Fleabag and the anxious missteps of Eighth Grade. It takes the popular tropes of messy women, social media, and an impending sense of existential anxiety, and lets it make our skin crawl in new ways.” — Veronica Phillips, FilmDaze
“A work of real humanism, an Agnès Varda portrait of anxiety. I can’t wait to see what Savill does next.” — Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Post-screening Discussion:
Post-screening discussion with Mark Antczak and Judith Law. Moderated by Dr. Harry Karlinsky, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
About the Panel:
Mark Antczak is Anxiety Canada’s in-house registered clinical counsellor and clinical educator. His primary role is facilitating the online Mindshift Anxiety Groups and consulting on mental health anxiety programming to ensure resources are grounded in evidence-based practice.
Judith Law is CEO of Anxiety Canada (since 2014) and has nearly two decades of experience in successfully developing, implementing, and evaluating public health programs and research initiatives in Canada and beyond.
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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