Bounce 2025: Witches + Q&A

Name: Bounce 2025: Witches + Q&A
Start: 2025-10-05T15:30:00+01:00
Location: Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Schedule

Sun, 05 Oct, 2025 at 03:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast | Belfast, NI

Witches are figures of solace in this intimate documentary, which unravels the social stigmas that women have endured across centuries.
In this personal and intimate film, writer-director Elizabeth Sankey uses her own story of being admitted to a psychiatric ward after the birth of her son to explore the unexpected yet compelling connections between perinatal mental health and the history and portrayal of witches in western society and pop culture.
Using clips of cinema’s witches to illustrate her own experience and those of fellow sufferers, alongside interviews with medical professionals and academics, Sankey concocts a potion that brims with courage, compassion, and healing insight.
The screening will be followed by a short Q&A about the themes of the documentary.