My Mind On Film

My Mind On Film (MMOF) is a youth mental health short film festival based in Malaysia. The first of its kind, this festival is all about inspiration, expression, understanding and stigma reduction with a focus on the Malaysian context. The 2nd season of the MMOF festival, themed Heart and Mind, will be accepting submissions from filmmakers around the world (see sidebar for submission categories). Film submissions are open between October 10th until December 10th, 2021. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀 The panel of judges for MMOF 2021 will include mental health experts, film industry professionals, individuals with lived experiences and youth representatives including: • Prof. Dato’ Dr Andrew Mohanraj (Co-Chair, CMHW; President, MMHA; Board Member World Federation of Mental Health) • Anna Har (Executive Director, Freedom Film Network) • Edward Lim (Film Producer, GRIM Film) • Farihin Ufiya (Director; NYAWA; actress/filmmaker; MSc Neuroscience student UCL) • Puan Mala Davi N Thanjappan (Founder, Trainer & Consultant - MDC Training and Management Services; lived experience as Carer/parent of person with mental illness; Advocate) • Puan Vishalatchi Arunagiri (Founder, Mindvoice; lived experience, schizophrenia; advocate) • Tung Yow Kong (General Manager, GSC Movies) • Tunku Mona Riza (International Award-winning Film Director; Executive Producer, Current Pictures) • Violet Du Feng (Emmy winning independent documentarian) • Zulaikha Mohamad (Co-founder, MINDAKAMI; lived experiences of bipolar disorder; host of The Borak Minda Podcast) 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 You can register here: bit.do/mmof2021-registration **Submissions fee applied: MMOF2021 has a small submission fee of RM30 (RM15 for students) for International Young Adults categories. But we don’t want this to get in the way of anyone’s participation in the festival so, if you can’t afford the submission fee, drop us an email with subject line ‘Fee Waiver Request’ and we’ll send you a fee waiver code with no questions asked. 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗠𝗛𝗪 & 𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗙 The Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing (CMHW) is a collaboration between HELP University and the Malaysian Mental Health Association started in 2020 to support mental health and wellbeing through research, training and education. Visit CMHW website: https://university.help.edu.my/cmhw The My Mind On Film (MMOF) festival is a youth mental health short film festival based in Malaysia. This project is central to the Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing’s commitment to engaging with young people, hearing their voices and working together for progress. It combines the emphases on inspiration, expression, understanding and stigma reduction with a focus on the local Malaysian context. This festival is first of its kind in Malaysia and has the following objectives: • Inspire sharing of perspectives and ideas • Recognise that mental health is universal, changeable, and includes the positive • Break down stigma