Mental Filmness 2023 Virtual Festival

Shorts Block No. 5

Expired November 6, 2023 3:00 AM
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See Memory is a film made out of 10,000 painting stills. The film explores how our memories define who we are, how we remember, and the inextricable link between memory and imagination.


See Memory’s main character is a girl who we meet walking through Central Park on a winter’s day. She is alone and disconnected, lost within the world of her suffering--unable to decipher reality from dream. She enters therapy and gradually connects with the therapist who bears witness to her story. Leaving, she re-enters the park transformed by the sharing her story--everything looks and feels completely different.


Recent research in neuroscience has shown that from the moment we recall them, memories are in flux, interacting and mingling with imagination. See Memory explores this idea in shifting layers of imagery with perception interacting with dreams and imagination. Interviews with psychiatrists and neuroscientists, such as nobel laureate Eric Kandel, guide the imagery in the film, speaking about the purpose and process behind remembering.



  • Year
    2016
  • Runtime
    14 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Genre
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Director
    Viviane Silvera
  • Screenwriter
    Viviane Silvera
  • Producer
    Jon Cornick, Viviane Silvera
  • Cast
    Paul Browde, Eric Kandel, Silvana Riggio, Daniela Schiller, Cheryl Dolinger Brown, Gerald Epstein, Lauren Dunitz
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