SMHAF Podcast

DECLARATION took place at the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow from 3-6 March. The festival was the result of a unique partnership between NHS Health Scotland, the Mental Health Foundation, the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) and the Centre for Health Policy at the University of Strathclyde. The programme featured 30 events - a mixture of film screenings, perfo...

Join host Nicole Bell in conversation with film journalist, Eliza Jorn, for the final episode of the Expressions series of podcasts as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival. This episode examines film more broadly as a platform for the representation of mental health with discussion on a selection of three films ('Mental', 'Rocks in My Pockets' and 'I Am Tom Moody') which featu...

In light of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival’s screenings of Still Alice in two regions this year, host Nicole Bell speaks to Dr Maggie Ellis, a Fellow in Dementia Care at the University of St Andrews, for the second episode in her Expressions series of podcasts. The episode examines how dementia is represented in the film and the role of film as a platform for the representation...

In light of the comedy performances and workshops taking place as part of SMHAFF, listen to the first episode in the Expressions series of podcasts with host Nicole Bell and comedian guests Michael Grieve and Hannah Rodgers. This episode examines the relationship between comedy and mental health for those performing and the wider implications of comedy as a platform for discussing mental health. T...

Hear Talking Heads reporter Andy Revill speak to Michael John McCarthy about his chosen record and what the Turntable project is all about. The podcast was recorded at an event at the Sunshine Recovery Cafe in Paisley.

Jenny Lindsay's poem Today is a brave, candid and moving description of living with depression, which she has performed at two events presented by the Mental Health Foundation - The Dust of Everyday Life conference at the CCA in Glasgow in March 2015, and Rally & Broad's Because the Night show during Mental Health Awareness Week in May 2015. You can read more about Jenny at http://rallyandbroad.co...

On 26 March 2015 the Mental Health Foundation staged The Dust of Everyday Life, a conference at the CCA in Glasgow designed to ask challenging questions about the relationship between mental health and the arts. The findings will help to shape future editions of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, as we prepare for our tenth programme in 2016. The Dust of Everyday Life consisted of...

On 26 March 2015 the Mental Health Foundation staged The Dust of Everyday Life, a conference at the CCA in Glasgow designed to ask challenging questions about the relationship between mental health and the arts. The findings will help to shape future editions of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, as we prepare for our tenth programme in 2016. The Dust of Everyday Life consisted of...

On 26 March 2015 the Mental Health Foundation staged The Dust of Everyday Life, a conference at the CCA in Glasgow designed to ask challenging questions about the relationship between mental health and the arts. The findings will help to shape future editions of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, as we prepare for our tenth programme in 2016. The Dust of Everyday Life consisted of...

On 26 March 2015 the Mental Health Foundation staged The Dust of Everyday Life, a conference at the CCA in Glasgow designed to ask challenging questions about the relationship between mental health and the arts. The findings will help to shape future editions of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, as we prepare for our tenth programme in 2016. The Dust of Everyday Life consisted of...

On 26 March 2015 the Mental Health Foundation staged The Dust of Everyday Life, a conference at the CCA in Glasgow designed to ask challenging questions about the relationship between mental health and the arts. The findings will help to shape future editions of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, as we prepare for our tenth programme in 2016. The Dust of Everyday Life consisted of...

On 26 March 2015 the Mental Health Foundation staged The Dust of Everyday Life, a conference at the CCA in Glasgow designed to ask challenging questions about the relationship between mental health and the arts. The findings will help to shape future editions of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, as we prepare for our tenth programme in 2016. This is a recording of the opening sess...