Rich Pickings presents a series of short films on dementia

Rich Pickings, in partnership with the Edinburgh International Film Festival presents a series of short films exploring dementia in its many forms. This is a free ticket event please see here http://www.richpickings.eventbrite.com/

This event explores both the viewpoint of dementia from suffers and carers alike, alongside tales of loss, confusion and isolation. This wandering journey offers unexpected moments of comic absurdity, clarity of insight and joy of life.

The screenings will be followed by a discussion with filmmakers and experts in the field, as well as those who have experienced dementia, who will together investigate the thoughts and stories addressed in the films and look at other issues around this frightening and common condition.

The programme is as follows:

IRENE- While suffering from Alzheimer’s and decreasing physical ability, Irene’s feisty personality still shines through.

MY MOTHER – A woman is traumatised by the prospect of having to put her ailing mother into a home in this multi-award winning short.

EX MEMORIA – In this meditative film the audience is transported, visually and aurally, into the mind of an elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer’s.

DESOLATION – A son watches his family being torn apart by the aggressive and degenerative symptoms of vascular dementia.

AFTER TOMORROW – A man’s desperate attempts to reconcile with his estranged wife are repeatedly thwarted by the strange old lady whose B&B he is staying in.

DIMENSIA – An artistic take on the personal, subjective experience of dementia.

MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU – Bill found it very difficult to accept he had Alzheimer’s but he has developed a positive outlook on his condition by becoming an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society.

Speakers:- Lynda Hogg, Jan Killeen, Dr Ailsa Cook and Geoff Huggins.

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