Mental health and documentary filmmaking: discussion with directors
Does anyone care about the filmmaker's soul? What are we sacrificing for the film industry? Does it matter how we treat each other while shooting? What are the emotional difficulties a documentary filmmaker faces? We will explore the psychological challenges, emotional difficulties, moral and ethical issues that the filmmakers participating in this festival have faced in filmmaking. Bernadett Tuza-Ritter, director and mental health professional, will lead the discussion with Lia Lőrinczy, Lea Glob, and Lina (who chose to remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of her film).
Bernadett Tuza-Ritter is a documentary film director, editor, mental health specialist, coach. In the film industry since 2006, he has worked as an editor, scriptwriter, and director in numerous feature film and documentary productions. In 2017, his first full-length documentary entitled "A Woman Captured" was presented, which achieved huge international success. During his studies at SOTE and Károli Gáspár University, he began to deal with the mental health of filmmakers and creative professionals, as a result of which he and his colleagues created the film and mental health center called The Well-being Center, which is specifically for the mental health of those working in the film and theater arts profession. focuses on its protection and service.
Lia Lőrinczy completed her first degree in contemporary, fine art curation. Working as a freelance editor on television shows, she developed an interest in motion pictures. In 2020, she joined the Documentary Director MA program at the University of Theatre and Film Arts. Over the last two years, she has made more than five short documentaries, both jointly and independently.
Lea Glob (1982) graduated as a director from the National Film School of Denmark in 2011. She co-directed Olmo & The Seagull with Petra Costa in 2014. In 2016, together with Mette Carla Albrechtsen, she co-directed the feature documentary Venus, about sexuality from a female perspective. The film became a moment to share thoughts on sexuality and identity in an attempt to formulate a language and reclaim the female body. Glob followed the story of Apolonia Sokol for years, creating a double-sided portrait of the artist as a young woman. Apolonia, Apolonia is her first documentary feature as a solo director.
Born in Damascus, Lina is a documentary filmmaker, journalist and camerawoman. She has documented events in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey over the past ten years. She holds a master’s degree in documentary filmmaking from Essex University. Lina made short and medium-length documentaries, and her debut feature, 5 Seasons of Revolution, premiered at the Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition in 2023.
