High Risk

Through the Hawthorn, Anna Benner, Pia Borg, Gemma Burditt, GB 2014, 9’

Three people, three perspectives, one problem: Sam hears voices, but doesn’t want to take his medicine anymore. His mother is worried and notifies the psychiatrist, after rescuing her son half-frozen from a lake. This British short film about a group therapy treatment shows how subjective and contradictory reality is.

Jury laudation: ”A very striking film that explores the sensitive subject of mental illness in an innovative way. It uses a sophisticated point of view system and different animation techniques that provoke a breakdown of reality. ”