Oct 5, 2015  |  ALL DAY

Special film screening of Rocks in my Pockets

The Department of Psychiatry has teamed up with Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival (RWM) to co-present a special screening of Signe Baumane’s Rocks In My Pockets as part of the 3rd annual Mindfest – a salute to National Mental Illness Awareness Week.

On Monday October 5 beginning at 7 PM at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, director Signe Baumane, will join in person to introduce this landmark animated feature film. The event will also host an intimate discussion with the director following the screening.

Ticket prices: $10 for general admission and $5 for students and seniors ($12 and $8 day of event) and can be purchased online by visiting: Rocks in my Pockets tickets

In the new animated gem Rocks in My Pockets, Latvian-born artist and filmmaker Signe Baumane tells five fantastical tales based on the courageous women in her family and their battles with madness. With boundless imagination and a twisted sense of humor, she has created daring stories of art, romance, marriage, nature, business, and Eastern European upheaval — all in the fight for her own sanity.

Employing a unique, beautifully textured combination of papier-mâché stop-motion and classic hand-drawn animation (with inspiration from Jan Svankmajer and Bill Plympton), Baumane has produced a poignant and often hilarious tale of mystery, mental health, redemption and survival. Writer/Director/Animator Signe Baumane in attendance!

Visit the ticket sales page to purchase your tickets!