Frame Of Mind is a unique film festival on Mental Health. The portrayal and interpretation of mental disorders in films vary according to the different cinematic traditions across the globe.

Encouraged by the great success of all previous editions of FOM the next festival - FOM 2010 will be held at Chennai, India, between 1-3 October 2010. The film festival is part of the International Conference On Schizophrenia IConS IV scheduled to be held during the same time.

The two main objectives of the festival are to improve awareness about Mental Health and beat the stigma attached to mental disorders, and  to stimulate &  promote interest on Mental Health issues among film makers.

Feature Film Section

Screening of about 10 feature films and several documentaries  followed by an interactive session with the audience.

Competition Section

The competetive section seeks to counter negative, inaccurate and cliched images of people with mental illness. We invite film-makers, doctors and care-givers to create clean, accurate, realistic and optimistic short films (under 5 minutes) portraying what they believe is good mental health in their socio-cultural milieu.

The theme for FOM III "Role of family in mental health/disorders"

Films portraying mental retardation, alcoholism and drug abuse, and childhood disabilities such as autism will NOT qualify for the competition and will be excluded. 

For further details and information, please logon to the website of the film festival http://www.frameofmind.in or email for details at info@frameofmind.in