Exploring Mental Health Through Cinema This May

✨May’s Theme Announcement ✨

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, focusing on mental health through international cinema. The highlighted film is Park Chan-wook's I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK, which, set in a psychiatric ward, combines fantasy with a heartfelt exploration of humanity. The month encourages discussions on how films can enhance our understanding of mental health.

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Minds, Machines, and Meaning: May’s Theme is “Mental Health”

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this year we’re exploring the theme of mental health through the unique and imaginative world of international cinema. Films have a remarkable power to help us understand and empathise with experiences that are different from our own — and this month, we’re using that power to open up the conversation.

Our featured film is Park Chan-wook’s I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (Ssaibogeujiman Gwaenchana) — a visually stunning and surprisingly tender Korean film set in a psychiatric ward.

Part love story, part fantasy, and part meditation on what it means to be human, this film approaches mental health with compassion, creativity, and a touch of magic.