IPFF (Irish Psychoanalytic Film Forum) presents:
Nomads on Screen: Psychoanalysing the 21st century subject
beyond “borders”
The Irish Psychoanalytic Film Forum (co-hosted with The Centre for Possibility Studies) will present a 3 part film presentation and discussion series taking place over three separate Saturday afternoons in April, May and June 2025 (12th, 24th and 14th, respectively). Following on from the very popular annual Irish Psychoanalytic film festivals – many of them taking place at DCU SNCPH – and last year’s Psychoanalysis and Colonialism event taking as its core emphasis the award-winning Secrets from Putumayo (based on the Roger Casement diaries), this year the IPFF will focus on three films which draw attention to the psycho-social challenges and obstacles facing the 21st century citizen.
The films (which include two documentaries) each take an aspect of the human psycho-social condition which has attracted controversy, incurred marginalisation, and a range of treatments by oppressive psychological regimes, historically speaking.
The first in the series is the documentary Witches, in which director Elizabeth Sankey delves into the portrayal of witches across history using her own personal experiences with motherhood and mental health as a prevailing lens. In this way, the film explores how cultural representations of witches reflect deeper societal views on women, motherhood and mental illness and illustrates how often women who challenge the status quo are relegated to a derogatory category. Professor Valerie Heffernan from the University of Maynooth will lead the discussion on these themes.
The second of the triad is the film Nomadland and will be presented by Dr Angie Voela (psychotherapist, SITE, UK, and senior lecturer, Psychosocial theory and practice, UEL). Dr Voela will ask us to consider people’s experience of marginalisation and disinsertion from the social bond along with the massive reorganization in such individuals’ psycho-social status and well-being.
Finally, the third film is the documentary In the Real, made by psychoanalyst and psychotherapist Conor McCormack (CFAR, Bristol) who will present the film himself at this screening. In the Real is filmed within meetings and interviews with members of the Hearing Voices network in the UK. The film challenges taken-for-granted received wisdom about psychosis and allows the viewer a compassionate entry into an often hidden subjective experience.
Tickets can be booked below on the Eventbrite link:
The venue will be DCU All Hallows Campus Drumcondra
IPFF website www.irishpsyfilmforum.ie
https://shorturl.at/iup3t