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Festival coverage

Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival

10 October – 29 October 2017

The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival returns for its eleventh year with its biggest line-up ever. With over 300 events running in 17 locations across Scotland, it is based around the theme 'reclaim'.

The festival runs from 10 to 31 October.

Other years (4)

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Latest reviews

  • Summer 1993
    Review preview for Summer 1993

    The film wears its story lightly. Even when Simón is dealing with heavier themes her focus is on Frida and her emotions.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A young girl struggles to adapt to her new life in the countryside after the death of her mum.
  • Donkeyote
    Review preview for Donkeyote

    The director talks about a "sense of play" in the press notes but are the audience really playing if they don't know the rules ahead of time?

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Manolo and his donkey Gorrión plan a journey.
  • No Place For A Rebel
    Review preview for No Place For A Rebel

    The film is never pushy when it comes to the worst of what happened in the bush, and the fact it's only hinted at makes its monstrous effect all the clearer.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A young man kidnapped as a child by the Lord's Resistance Army and raised to become a military commander tries to adapt to civilian life.
  • Cloud Nine
    Review preview for Cloud Nine

    It is a credit to Graafmans as a director that the film does not become hopelessly depressing to watch.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A documentarian chronicles her struggle with post-natal depression and the isolation she felt as a result.
  • Becoming Cary Grant
    Review preview for Becoming Cary Grant

    An accomplished portrait that presents something much more human than we're used to in this context.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The star's own words are used to tell his life story.
  • Northern Lights
    Review preview for Northern Lights

    Nicholas Connor has kept things simple here, and it pays off.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A teenager deals with bereavement, anxiety and exams in Northern Lights