A filmessay about power and powerlessness in psychiatric healthcare.

Synopsis
Through five close and personal testimonies, the film highlights power structures in the health service told by both users, relatives and employees. What does the feeling of powerlessness do to your mental health and to your own feeling of self? How is it to live with the feeling of powerlessness over a longer period of time? How does it affect the people that exercise power?

Documentary, 2018
HD 16:9
Duration: 68 min

Credits
Director: Ellen Ugelstad
Script: Einar Sverdrup and Ellen Ugelstad
Cinematography: Audun G. Magnæs and Ellen Ugelstad
Produced by: Twentyone Pictures AS

Supported by
Norwegian Filminstitute, Viken Film Center, The Audiovisual Fund Of Norway, The Norwegian Extrafoundation for Health And Rehabilitation,
The Freedom Of Expression Foundation,
Visual Arts Foundation and Twentyone Pictures.

FILM WEBPAGE

Festivals & Screenings
Oslo Pix, 6. June 2018
Oslo Pix politikk, 7. June 2018
Bergen Internasjonale FIlm Festival, October 2018
Humans International Film Festival, Valencia, Spain February 2019
HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN WRONGS, 2019
DokFilm Volda, April 2019
Nordic Docs, Fredrikstad, May 2019