WITHIN

Directing collective Crowns & Owls have drawn on their own experiences of mental health issues to create this deeply personal short film.

Produced in association with UK charity MIND, the affecting film sees model and MIND supporter Dennis Okwera wandering through a hostile and deserted landscape of withered trees, rock-strewn slopes and volcanic pools.  

"WITHIN is an ode to our myriad of collective experiences with mental health - an attempt of visually conveying the spectrum of sensations we’ve felt during the navigation of our individual conditions," the directing collective explained in a statement. "Institutions like MIND provide essential services for people in the UK. The fight for better mental health is an ever-changing one and the conversation has reached new heights in recent years, but there’s so much left to do. We have to get people talking about conditions beyond just anxiety, depression and PTSD, we have to vote for MP’s who aren’t keen to destroy the NHS… we have to keep pushing. We are proud to support MIND through our work, in return for how much they have supported us as people."

As part of the project, Crowns & Owls have also produced a print publication of stills, available to buy from Catalogue Library.