The Festival is now over for another year.
2009 audience figures are estimated at over 10,000!
The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (www.mhfestival.com), aimed at transforming attitudes towards mental health, goes from strength to strength, as it looks forward to the fourth year in 2010.
Over 200 arts events took place in venues ranging from town halls to miners clubs, universities to hospitals, libraries to cafes and many iconic arts venues including Kelvingrove Art Galleries, Eden Court Theatre and the Old Fruitmarket.
Well known faces both attended and contributed to the three week Festival including musicians Emma Pollock, Karine Polwart, Rod Jones, Frightened Rabbit, James Yorkston, Norman Blake, Graeme Duffin, Alasdair Roberts, John DeSimone and Attic Lights; writers Tom Leonard, Liz Lochhead and Denise Mina; plus world champion cyclist Graeme Obree and Billy Elliot film star Gary Lewis also engaged audiences.
Whilst community groups, local artists, students, writing groups, health practitioners and people who access mental health services, also got involved in shaping the diverse and entertaining bill of events on offer in 2009.
Our international film submission for 2010 is now open. Please send an email to smhaff@gmail.com for the guidelines or visit the website mhfestival.com
(read less)The Festival is now over for another year.
2009 audience figures are estimated at over 10,000!
The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (www.mhfestival.com), aimed at transforming attitudes towards mental health, goes from strength to strength, as it looks forward to the fourth year in 2010.
Over 200 arts events took place in venues ranging from town halls to miners clubs, universities to hospitals, libraries to cafes and many iconic arts venues including Kelvingrove Art Galleries,...
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