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AUSNAHME|ZUSTAND 2008 - Crazy For Life

Nationwide Film Festival on Youth and Mental Health

Organizers
EYZ and Irrsinnig Menschlich e.V.

funded by Aktion Mensch,
under the auspices of the Federal Commissioner for the Affairs of People with Disabilities and TV personality Inka Bausen
and in cooperation with the Digital Cinemas Network in Germany.

 

Emotional disorders and suicide are still taboo topics in our society. The afflicted and their loved ones are almost always confronted by a wall of silence - emotional disorders are just not talked about. Nevertheless, such problems are certainly not uncommon. Every third European lives through some sort of mental crisis in his or her lifetime. 40% of those affected may have to deal with a longterm, chronic affliction.
In cooperation with the Leipzig-based not-for-profit organization Irrsinning Menschlich e.V., EYZ and the nationwide film festival AUSNAHME|ZUSTAND  ("state of emergency") want to create a platform for open discussion of emotional disorders. Eight documentaries offer varying approaches and discuss different aspects of mental illness. They appeal for dialogue and understanding and against discrimination and marginalization or ostracization of those dealing with emotional disorders.

Start date: October 6, 2008, on tour in 70 cities throughout Germany until October 2009.
For more information about program and dates please visit www.ausnahmezustand-filmfest.de

Selected films from Ausnahme|Zustand 2006 are available through our shop:
http://www.2006.ausnahmezustand-filmfest.de/?id=614