What happens when the systems or mental parameters that support us fail? How does each generation and each social group deal with it? How is this challenge managed by the health system? These are some of the questions that the Brain Film Fest 2021, under the motto Brain Crash, will try to answer during his celebration of the March 18-20.
The last few months have been a direct blow to the health of the population individually, collectively and globally, but as the symptoms of the viral pandemic subside, society will face the psychological after-effects of the trauma. For this reason, through films, post-screenings, and round tables, this fourth edition of the international film festival dedicated to the brain will open a reflection on the importance and challenges of mental health.
The Brain Film Fest 2021 proposes a multidimensional look at a Brain Crash understood not as an irreparable earthquake, but as a crack from which something new can emerge.
Adapted to current needs: a hybrid festival
The Brain Film Fest 2021 edition will be held in person at the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) and for the first time it will launch an online version.
The Brain Film Fest premieres a collaboration with FILMIN with the aim of reaching a wider audience from all over Spain. Therefore, in parallel to the in-person edition at the CCCB, the public will be able to follow a selection of films (both short and feature-length fiction and documentary films) about the brain, its conditions and its mysteries through the cinema platform. Likewise, the round tables and discussions will also be available live. post-screenings on the page web of the Festival.
XI Solé Tura Award
As on previous occasions, the Brain Film Fest organizes the Solé Tura Award which this year celebrates its XI edition and which recognizes the best short films about the brain and mind.
Throughout the festival the following films will be screened: 21 short films in competition, selected from 252 applications from various countries such as Spain, the USA, Moldova, Belgium and Mexico. This year the jury in charge of choosing the best is made up of actor and director Alex Brendemühl, film writer Violeta Kovacsics, photographer Rafa Badia and psychologist Eulàlia Vives. The winners will be announced at the closing ceremony of the festival on Saturday 20 March.
In addition, the Audience Award for Online Microshorts, voting for which is now open on the festival's website. Viewers can watch the works, all of which are short films of less than 2 minutes and related to the mind and the brain, and vote for their favourite. via the web.
