The seventh annual Mental Filmness film festival kicks off on World Mental Health Day, 10/10/25.
The evenings of 10/10 and 10/11/25 will feature live screenings in Chicago with local short films and filmmaker guests in person at the Chicago Hope Academy, from 7-10 p.m. Get your free tickets, going fast, here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-filmness-a-film-festival-about-mental-health-tickets-1685543228169
Also on World Mental Health Day, 10/10, Mental Filmness will launch an online virtual film festival about mental health that will be available to watch for free, from the comfort of your own home, from anywhere in the world. The virtual festival will be up online from 10/10 through 11/2/25 for on-demand streaming, and will feature filmmaker interviews, discussion forums, audience voting, and other ways to watch and interact. Keep an eye on this page for the virtual festival link appearing next week, and for virtual festival content released from 10/10 to 11/2.
Mental Filmness is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to spread mental health awareness and empathy through the expressive medium of film. All of our programs are free, and all for mental health. Thank you for your support.