Love Bound
About the Film
Taking viewers behind closed doors to experience intimate group therapy sessions for empathic and stressed parents, many of the caregivers featured in the film have children who will require specialized care throughout their entire lives. The parents struggle to maintain their own health, careers and social lives while meeting their kids’ unique needs—schizophrenia, ADHD, bipolar disorder and suicidal ideation.
“Love Bound: When Your Child Becomes Mentally Ill” explores parents’ struggles to balance their children’s needs with their own well-being, highlighting unconditional love and the uncertainty of caregiving within an overburdened welfare system.
Post-Screening
Join us for an in-person post-screening chat, Open Door: Is Mental Health really “End-All-Be-All”?
- Dr Calvin Fones, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist & Adjunct Associate Professor, Fones Clinic & Centre for Biomedical Ethics and the Department of Psychological Medicine
- Heng ZeChuan, Peer Support Specialist & Recovery Support Manager, PSALT Care Limited
- Gabriel Chan, Caregiver, Caregivers Alliance Limited
- Moderator: Jonathan Poh, Senior Rehabilitation Counsellor from Singapore Anglican Community Service
Session Details
Director: Vibe Mogensen
Premiere Status: Asian Premiere
Date: 9 November 2024
Doors Open: 11.45am
Screening start: 12pm
Runtime: 52 mins
Post-Screening chat: 45 mins, starts at 1.15pm
Total Session Duration: 97 mins
Language: Danish, English Subtitles
Rating (with advisory): PG
Trailer
About the Director
Vibe Mogensen was born on August 17, 1964 in Denmark. She is a director and writer, known for Min fars sind (2005), Love Bound – When Your Child Becomes Mentally Ill (2021) and 100% Greve (2002).
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A hybrid post-screening chat with the director, as well as local panellists, will follow the screening.
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An in-person post-screening chat with the director will follow the screening.
A Bunch of Amateurs
A thoughtful documentary directed by Kim Hopkins features a group of elderly filmmakers who bond over their common love for the art, their bond transcending love, sickness and even death itself.
A hybrid post-screening panel with the director as well a local panellists will follow the screening.
SFYC Youth Showcase Top 11 Finalists
Presenting the Top 11 finalists for the Mental Health Film Festival Singapore’s Short Film Youth Competition Youth Showcase.
An in-person post-screening chat with the directors will happen as a part of the screening session.
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In “Deep Sea”, directed by Tian Xiaopeng, a girl strays into the dreamy sea world where she faces her dark past and deeply-veiled secrets.
An in-person post-screening panel will follow the screening.
Love Bound
An intimate film by Vibe Mogensen exploring parents’ struggles to balance their children’s needs with their own well-being, highlighting unconditional love and the uncertainty of caregiving within an overburdened welfare system.
An in-person post-screening panel will follow the screening.
SFYC Open Competition Top 11 Finalists
Presenting the Top 11 finalists for the Mental Health Film Festival Singapore’s Short Film Youth Competition Open Competition Category.
An in-person post-screening chat with the directors will happen as a part of the screening session.
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An in-person post-screening panel will follow the screening.