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Thursday, September 03, 2009

New Catalog!

Check out our new catalog for Neuroscience and Psychology.
22 thought-provoking films to add to your library.

And stay tuned for more catalogs to be added soon!

Labels: catalogs, neuroscience, psychology

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Icarus Films screenings at national conferences

OAH - Organization of American Historians
Seattle, WA. March 26th - 28th

MILK IN THE LAND
This documentary traces the history of the national consumption of milk, from the mid-19th century swill cow stables-an urban byproduct of distilleries, when Americans drank more beer than milk-to today's industrialized production of homogenized and pasteurized milk.

WPA - The Western Psychological Association
Portland, OR. April 23rd - 26th

BETWEEN MADNESS AND ART
The story of Dr. Hans Prinzhorn (1886-1933) and his collection of art by schizophrenic patients.
HIDDEN GIFTS
The mysterious relationship between artistic expression and mental illness, glimpsed through the story of Scotsman Angus MacPhee, diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1946.
FAT CHANCE
Yuka, almost 200 pounds and fast approaching fifty, decides the time has come to lose weight in hopes of becoming healthier and happier.

Labels: academic conferences, american history, arts, psychology, schizophrenia, US history

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Another Icarus Films Acquisition at the NYJFF

YOUNG FREUD IN GAZA, the gripping documentary following Ayed, the only field psychologist in northern Gaza, will also have its US premiere at the New York Jewish Film Festival this week.

Screenings are Thursday January 22nd at 1:30pm and 6pm at the Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th street.

Director PeÅ Holmquist will be in attendance.

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Labels: film festival, gaza, Israel, psychology

Thursday, March 20, 2008

The WPA Film Festival selects 4 films from the FRIF catalog

The Western Psychological Association is holding its annual meeting April 10th to 13th in Irvine, CA. DO COMMUNISTS HAVE BETTER SEX?, MADE OVER IN AMERICA and SELLING SICKNESS will be part of the film festival taking place during the conference. Last year's festival winner, THE 3 ROOMS OF MELANCHOLIA, will be showcased in a special encore presentation.

Labels: festival news, psychology