Psychiatrists

Screening Conditions Psychoanalytic Film Festival: The Blank Page

by CCIOPHAF on Jan 10, 2010

The Institute of Psychoanalysis launches its 2010 Screening Conditions programme with The Blank Page, a psychoanalytic exploration of the craft and challenges of writing as portrayed in four exceptional films. The Blank Page series, held at the ICA in London, begins on 17 January and runs until 14 March 2010.   The first series within the Screening Conditions programme, a year-round programme of events at which classic films are shown and discussed from a psychoanalytic angle, The Blank Page includes films from a range of genres and eras. Psychoanalyst Andrea Sabbadini, who chairs the events, says, "The focus is on the profession of writing, looking at the way filmmakers have observed writers. These four wonderful films portray writers who are experiencing different degrees of personal or professional crisis. Writers are particularly sensitive to their own and other people's lives, stories and problems, which will make them an interesting subject for discussion...Read More >>