Health Documentary Film Festival with LA1 Docs

Join us for an afternoon of health focussed short documentaries and Q&A sessions with film makers and academic experts. We'll be exploring Maternity Services, Parenthood, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cystic Fibrosis and more. 

The third Health Documentary Film Festival at Health Innovation One is not to be missed. 

You are welcome to come along and watch the full programme of films, or stay for particular showings which pique your interest. The choice is yours - but it promises to be a fascinating afternoon of films and Q&A sessions with filmmakers and academic experts. So come along and enjoy an afternoon of (digital) celluloid - accompanied by popcorn and refreshments - and the chance to find out more about the topics on screen.

Content warning: due to the nature of the topics and research projects these films relate to, there may be some content you wish to avoid for your own wellbeing. There will be opportunity to not view the full schedule. Content includes mental health, suicide, childhood trauma, strong language.

Films:

Between 1pm and 3pm, the early afternoon sessions in our Innovation Lab offer the opportunity to watch 6 short animated films, made by ForMed Films, commissioned by various NHS Trusts and Charitable organisations.

We’ll be showing Becoming a Dad, Physiology of Childbirth, Perinatal Positivity/Talk to Someone, The Caring Connection, A Black Cloud and For Baby’s Sake. We’ll be joined by filmmakers, academic and NHS colleagues to explore topics around parenthood, trauma, mental health and domestic abuse as part of 2 specialist panels.

ForMed’s animated films and illustrations help people better understand medical and health issues, make informed health choices and engage in treatment.

The films are based on people’s real lives, telling their story in their own voice. Helping to connect in a thoughtful and meaningful way with patients, health professionals and those seeking information and support.

 

From 3pm to 4.30pm, we move in to the Lecture Theatre to view three short films from the wider North West.

Art & Nature - Living with a Brain Injury

Art and Nature: living with a brain injury was recorded, co-produced, and features Headway Surrey clients and family and is a collaborative venture between A Creative Transformation and Headway Surrey. Focusing on how art helps us cope and live well, after brain injury, ACT 2 is shaped by project lead Lorna Collins’ and other project partners lived experiences.

Partners in Crime

'Partners in Crime' is about my relationship with my grandma, told as a sort of love letter, from my perspective, about the way she influenced my life.
When she passed away at the end of last year (2024), creating this project that I'd been contemplating for a while felt like the perfect way for me to honour her memory.
Whilst I was so reluctant to her moving into our family home with us when I was 16, out of fear of change, I never could have predicted we'd end up developing this beautiful, inseparable relationship that changed my life for the better.
I miss her (my partner in crime) so much, but I'm so glad that I have her memory forever saved in this film.' - Chloe Bush

65 Roses

'Gillian has cystic fibrosis. When she was 14 she was told that she wouldn't see her 16th birthday. Over the next decade and a half she has to deal with the fact that her life expectancy has always been pushed further and further back as medical advancements are made. Now a mother, she's trying to make peace with the guilt that she lives with, knowing that she won't live as long as others do.' - Graeme Rennie