This short film is a dramatic exploration of the human psyche, following the story of a patient struggling with their mental health. Trapped in their mind, unable to express thoughts and feelings, they long to escape the noise of loneliness and the echoes of trauma that continue to haunt them.

On discovery of an experimental therapy, they begin to enter alternate worlds within their mind. The deeper they delve, the more convinced of these alternate realities they become, before eventually realising the path to recovery is through finding ways to cope in the real world; slowly beginning to build a new sense of self and understanding their path.

Lightpost Theatre with participants from Erdington
Filmed by Idriss Assoumanou
Supported by BSMHFT and Mind
With special thanks to Shazeana Ahmed and Birmingham Mind’s Beechcroft Hub and Highcroft Community centre