On Tuesday, May 19 from noon – 1:30 p.m. in the Overflow Theater, attendees are invited to a mini film festival featuring five compelling films on psychiatry and mental health—bring your own lunch or popcorn and enjoy!

The selected films are:

Brainstorm: follows six compelling people living with bipolar in their journey from devastation to recovery. The film connects their experiences with the latest bipolar brain science to shed light on potential causes and successful treatments.

Crazywise: follows two young Americans diagnosed with “mental illness.” Adam, 27, suffers devastating side effects from medications before embracing meditation in hopes of recovery. Ekhaya, 32, survives childhood molestation and several suicide attempts before spiritual training to become a traditional South African healer gives her suffering meaning and brings a deeper purpose to her life. Crazywise adds a voice to the growing conversation that believes a psychological crisis can be an opportunity for growth and potentially transformational, not a disease with no cure.

In Waves and War: Blending observational scenes and animation, "In Waves and War" traces the journey of three Navy SEALs, tormented by trauma, to Mexico where they embark on a mission to rescue one another with powerful psychedelics whose effects shake them to the core and open a path toward healing.

See Memory: Visually stunning film made from over 30,000 hand-painted stills, weaving together cutting-edge neuroscience and deeply personal storytelling to illuminate the way memory works, how trauma reshapes it, and how art can help us heal.

outsider – A Story of Mental Illness, Art & Coping: outsider is a 40-minute award-winning documentary examining the life of Maury Ornest, a professional baseball player who found painting as a lifeline while living with schizoaffective disorder. Initially encouraged by his therapist to use art to organize and express overwhelming internal states, Maury developed a decades-long creative practice resulting in more than 1,400 paintings and extensive journals. His body of work provides a rare, nuanced window into resilience, meaning-making, and the power of art to sustain a life while living with serious mental illness