The Better India

32-YO From Kerala Takes Malayalam Short Film Made for College Project All the Way to the Student Oscars

Kerala filmmaker Sidharth Harikumar’s short film Vasu, exploring guilt and mental health, is now a finalist at the 2025 ...
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Want to Make a Mental Health Film That Matters? Here’s the Grant Changing the Game

Here’s a fact that may blow your mind: only 2.1% of characters in top-grossing films are shown with a mental health condition, according to a new study by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.
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$75k Awarded to Grant Winners For Short Films On Mental Health

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, February 6, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Art With Impact has awarded 10 filmmaking teams $7.5k each for the sixth consecutive ...
Yahoo

Kristen Bell and Dr. Stacy L. Smith Launch Grant for Mental Health-Focused Short Films

Kristen Bell is teaming up with Dr. Stacy L. Smith, founder of USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, to champion authentic mental health storytelling. Bell and Smith are launching an initiative, ...
Times of San Diego

SDSU Film Program Works with Teens Grappling with Mental Health on Animated Short, ‘Thin Air’

Jen Mendoza, the youngest participant on “Thin Air” and the Transitional Age Youth Program, created this piece for the project. Photo credit: newscenter.sdsu.edu/ A San Diego State Television, Film ...
Variety

Child Abuse, Mental Health Explored as Indian Shorts Seek Oscar Glory

A brace of films exploring important subjects are in contention from India in the best live action short film category at the 96th Academy Awards. Reema Maya’s “Nocturnal Burger,” an investigation of ...