DocuMentality

This May, we honor Mental Health Awareness Month with a POV collection centered on healing, resilience, and the power of creative expression. In partnership with @film.in.mind , The D-Word, and @documentalityproject , this collection reflects the 2026 theme “In Every Story, There’s Strength,” highlighting stories of compassion, reflection, and the many ways we cope with life’s challenges. From intimate portraits of mother-daughter relationships to meditations on grief, absence, and connection, these films reveal pathways toward understanding, healing, and reconciliation. Across the collection, art emerges as a powerful lifeline offering expression, identity, and hope in the face of adversity. Stream the collection now on POV! @amdocdocumentary #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #POVonPBS #AmericanDocumentary #Documentary #MentalHealth

Join @p.o.h.l.i.n for @film.in.mind Filmmaking & Narrative Practice Consultation Group, every Tuesday at the same time for 4 weeks starting April 21 Experiential exercises and discussion will enable narrative therapy insights around: 🪭 Returning to or adapting your film’s original purpose 🪭 Navigating working relationships, particularly critical or disruptive voices 🪭 Working relationally with participants over agreements, consent, roles and labour 🪭 Attending to care and sustainable practice 🔆 Booking Link in bio—Film in Mind website Dates of 4 session series (every Tuesday): 21 April, 28 April, 5 May, 12 May Time: 9am PST / 12pm EST / 6pm CET / 5pm GMT Session Duration: 90 mins Fee: USD $180/total ~ GBP £135/total *there will be a Waiting List and if any of these dates don’t work, still be in touch and we can add you to future groups *1 place in each group is reserved for filmmakers at risk. Please get in touch for further details. *If these amounts are inaccessible for you please reach out and we will see what is possible

We are so happy to spotlight and recommend @film.in.mind ‘s latest rollout of support; a free #monthly series of #Gatherings for Creatives, whether you want to drop-in or sign up for all. Each session is open to anyone involved in the life cycle of a film, looking for #connection and #care in #community with filmmakers who understand the demands of long development journeys and busy production schedules. A moment of pause can be generative, can unblock creative resistance and set a new path for sustainable practice, away from burnout. 🗓️One Thursday A Month always at 9am PST / 12pm EST 5pm GMT / 6pm CET 🪴45 mins - Online 🌻Sessions are free but please Pay What You Can. SERIES SCHEDULE 26 February: Restore & Renew, with @malikkahdc / @malikkahrollins 19 March: Dream Doors of Rest, with Serra Ciliv 16 April: Creative Slow Time, with @clair.maleney 21 May: A Seasonal Pause, with @rebeccamday 18 June: A Mindful Moment, with Helen Lawrie 16 July: Press Pause, with @shaleecehaas ☀️Find out more and sign up through Film in Mind’s website: link in bio

Here is wonderful @malikkahdc / @malikkahrollins , Film in Mind Film Ethics & Care Consultant, Psychotherapist, Education Director at Doc NYC & Co-Founder of @documentalityproject inviting you along to our new series of free Monthly Gatherings for anyone involved in the life cycle of a film. Malikkah is hosting the next session: 💃Thursday 26 February 🌷9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET ⏳ 45 mins online. ✨Sessions are free but please Pay What You Can for our practitioners’ time and to contribute to our being able to subsidise fellow filmmakers globally. Whether you want to drop-in or sign up for all, each session is open to anyone seeking #connection and #care in #community with filmmakers who understand the love and labour that goes into commissions and craft. Find out more and sign up through Film in Mind’s website:

@film.in.mind are also offering a group run by Somatic Coach, Film Ethics & Care Consultant and filmmaker @shaleecehaas next month for filmmakers seeking to enhance connection to body and mind to work differently in the documentary field for all it demands. Join this 6-session somatic workshop to learn body-based tools for staying present, setting boundaries, and deepening connection to self and to others. Discover practices you can return to again and again as the work—and the world—keeps shifting. Supporting the Story, Sustaining Yourself: Somatics for Filmmakers | 5 Feb - 16 Apr | Payment of a 15% deposit is required to confirm your place. You will be invoiced for the remaining 85% following your registration. *We will be operating a Waiting List and if any of these dates don’t work, still be in touch and we can add you to future groups *If these amounts are inaccessible for you please reach out and we will see what is possible ✨Register now through the Film in Mind website > Opportunities

@film.in.mind are hosting their next guided Rest session in answer to the the levels of fatigue and burnout in the creative field of filmmaking. 🌺Thursday 22 January 2026 9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT Facilitated by Somatic Coach, Film Ethics & Care Consultant and filmmaker @shaleecehaas , you will arrive at a 45 minute guided exercise that invites you to engage on your own terms, followed by an open 15 mins of discussion. This workshop centres calm, creativity, and a collective spirit in resisting industry pressures and expectations. It is open to anyone involved in any type of film project. Payment Options: To ensure that payment is not a barrier and to honour our practitioners’ time, we have established three different payment structures: - Subsidised Fee: £6 / $8 - Standard Fee: £12 / $16 (Suggested Fee) - Community Supporter Fee: £12 + a donation for another filmmaker Please follow the booking link through the Film in Mind website, we look forward to seeing you there…

@film.in.mind have a new Jan 2026 Group Opportunity: Filmmaking & Narrative Therapy Consultation Group with @p.o.h.l.i.n Starting Tuesday 6 January 2026 at 9am PST / 12pm EST / 6pm CET / 5pm GMT, over 4 weeks, 90 min virtual sessions Book through link in bio > Film in Mind website > Opportunities This consultation group is for filmmakers working in any form; cinema, animation, art, experimental, TV, shorts, features, fiction, documentary, moving image etc. The group offers narrative therapy insights to explore common experiences like boundary setting, the inner critic, and navigating relational work with film participants. Each session combines experiential exercises with discussion, providing a space for filmmakers to share projects and ask questions. Fee: USD $250/total ~ GBP £190/total *We will be operating a Waiting List and if any of these dates don’t work, still be in touch and we can add you to future groups *1 place in each group is reserved for filmmakers at risk. Please get in touch for further details. *If these amounts are inaccessible for you please reach out and we will see what is possible

@film.in.mind ‘s next #Guided #Community #Rest #Space for #Filmmakers (and for anyone involved in the medium of #film) is scheduled for 🌟Wednesday 3 December 2025, 9am EST / 2pm GMT / 3pm CET 🌟 Book through Film in Mind website > Opportunities (link in bio) The space will be facilitated by Film & Narrative Therapy Consultant @p.o.h.l.i.n Film in Mind have been reflecting on how to respond to our current times. They wish to offer a place and time to gather and practise restoration, care and sustainability together. They envision this being a low-cost monthly space you can regularly attend, with a different practitioner to guide each time. Central to the space is #rest, with the invitation to ‘take part’ with as little or large energy as you wish to bring. Poh will invite you, in this December session, to consider the theme of ‘Looking back: A time to sift through the archives of this closing calendar year.’ This will form the basis of 45 minutes of responding to prompts quietly and privately followed by the chance to share and connect. 2026 dates to be announced soon, set to happen Thursdays every month!

Are you a #filmmaker or involved in the life of a #Film, #TV or #hybrid project, experiencing #overwhelm and #fatigue? NEW from @film.in.mind - Monthly Community Rest Space for Creatives involved in the medium of Film 💫 link in bio through FIM website > opportunities @film.in.mind are beginning low cost monthly online guided 45 min sessions where to offer the practice of care together to sustain one another. This workshop encourages centering joy, pleasure, ease, and a collective spirit in the face of pressures, stress and burnout. Facilitated by Film in Mind practitioners and their different modalities, across two session times each day a month, in the hope of reaching across timezones to our global community. £12 / $16 with the choice to offer more welcomed Online First session hosted by Narrative Therapy Consultant @p.o.h.l.i.n *Wednesday, 19 November 2025* 🫶 ‘Coming Together’ 9am EST / 2pm GMT / 3pm CET or 4pm EST / 9pm GMT / 1pm PST / 8am AEDT #collectivesupport #filmmakersupport #globalsolidarity #burnoutprevention #burnoutrecovery #connection #collaboration #peersupport #rest

@film.in.mind are hosting a series of UPCOMING FREE FORUMS: *Open Floor: Ask Us Anything* Beginning with the co-founder of Film in Mind & Documentality @rebeccamday hosting Wednesday 15 October, Virtual Meet - 5pm GMT, 6pm CET, 12pm EST, 9am PST 🗓️ visit Film in Mind website to register It can feel overwhelming as a #filmmaker, #filmorganisation or #productioncompany to feel confident around #dutyofcare, #mentalhealth and #wellbeing support on your projects or within your organisations. Film in Mind invites your questions as #therapeuticpractitioners all with #experience of the #Film and #TV #industry, keen to cultivate #confident, #creative and #care-centred #filmmaking. This will be the first of a series of #OpenFloor events over the coming months, each one hosted by a different member of Film in Mind’s growing team, giving you the chance to get to know them, find out how they work, and ask how they can support you or your project.

@film.in.mind is offering #Filmmakers a 4 week #experiential #Consultation Group through September 2025 that blends practices from #narrativetherapy with filmmaking approaches across genre to further #creativity, #centercare and #ethics especially around participants, and shift away from extractive practices. 🔥BOOK YOUR SPOT NOW This blend has been honed over the last decade by the facilitators: Narrative Therapy Consultant and Film in Mind Practitioner Poh Lin Lee and Filmmaker Gabrielle Brady and can be seen and felt in action for their films ‘Island of the Hungry Ghosts’ (2018) and ‘The Wolves Always Come At Night’ (2024). They offer a unique approach from their respective fields. 🌻Narrative therapy encourages #collaborative inquiry to understand people’s lives via the alternative, neglected stories that have been overshadowed by one particular dominant story. It offers #thinking and #reflection around #storytelling #crafting, #angles, #power-sharing and more that offers creative ways to open up the medium of film across genre and form. 🌀Follow the link to Film in Mind Opportunities on their website - in bio

Tomorrow’s GIPA Webinar: *Modeling Care, Safety and Wellbeing in your impact campaign* takes place Thursday May 29 at 2pm UTC / 10am EST / 7:30pm IST. Couldn’t have a better line up: ✨@stephaniejanep from @peaceisloud ✨@triparnab #ImpactProducer of the film ‘From the Shadows’ ✨Kitty Hu from @browngirlsdocmafia (BGDM) Stories of real people are crucial, but need approaching with utmost care. We are partnered with GIPA who are hosting a timely conversation about protagonist safety in dangerous times. They will discuss how to integrate consent as circumstances shift, and how to find mental health support for protagonists and the team throughout the filmmaking process. We are so proud to be alongside partners @docaccountability (DAWG), @documentalityproject and @peaceisloud for their efforts supporting mental health, participant safety, ethical storytelling and wellbeing throughout the filmmaking and impact campaign process. ⭐️Link to Register in bio. 🌟Link in bio also for Participant Care Resources by Peace is Loud