“There’s no reason to disrupt that system, as she calls it.” “She has been able to use them very effectively,” said her therapist, clinical psychologist Bilal Ghandour. For Joubert and many others with DID, the goal of therapy is not always to “integrate” the different parts back into one, but to learn to function and work together. Since beginning therapy, she has been able to better control and agree on the switches with her alters. Some of these parts can step in to handle traumatic or stressful situations, while other parts dissociate, or escape, from reality.įor an introverted Joubert, this may mean calling on her energetic alter, Scarlet, in large crowds. Like most patients with DID, Joubert suffered ongoing trauma as a young child.Īccording to Deckel, people who have been chronically abused, typically in situations with no viable escape, may “reconfigure the mind” into different parts or personalities. Even before she was diagnosed, the way she spoke would change throughout the day: sometimes with a Southern accent, sometimes like a small child. She lives with 11 other personalities, or alters. “You are going to upset and potentially exacerbate symptoms in thousands of people who are already suffering,” said Deckel, a DID specialist at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine, immediately after seeing the film.Īmelia Joubert, 18, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, was diagnosed with DID three years ago. Mental health advocates warn that the film stigmatizes dissociative identity disorder and may directly impact those living with it. Though McAvoy, best known for his work in the “X-Men” prequels, has received praise from critics for his performance in “Split,” the Hollywood film has faced criticism for how it portrays mental illness. 1 this weekend with more than $40 million in domestic sales. In Shyamalan’s latest film, “Split,” actor James McAvoy plays the villain, a man with 24 personalities who abducts and torments three girls in a windowless bunker. It’s a thriller/horror movie,” her patient wrote, referring to M. “There’s a new movie out about a person with DID. Garrett Marie Deckel received a “moving” email last week from a patient with multiple personalities, a condition known as dissociative identity disorder, or DID. Or find us somewhere in Dalmatia through the rest of the year! In case you have already decided to visit Split in June, don't worry, you'll not be the first one: we have already heard that vacations are being planned according to the dates of the FMFS! So write in your calendars 15 - 24 June 2023. The programme is held in 20 towns, it is on during the entire year and in 2022, 59.487 viewers visited 788 movie screenings. From 2012 there is the Kino Mediteran, the project of reviving the cinema in Dalmatia that aims to renew movie theaters and bring movie programmes in smaller towns in Dalmatia where cinemas have been closed for a long time. The thing the FMFS is so different for from the other festivals is the decision to share the positive energy from Split to other places. The children's programme, "mali meDITEran" (Child's Mediterranean) aims for children to get familiar with film art and during the FMFS there is an educational programme held "FMFS Industry" with lots of workshops and lectures for young movie makers, students and professionals.īesides the screenings, educational part and hanging out with our movie guests, the FMFS is well known for its parties at the Bacvice Open Air Cinema that are an ideal warm-up for the upcoming summer season. Except to the feature films, a great attention is being dedicated to the programme of short films, hosting famous Croatian and foreign movie artists, but also to the promotion of the young authors that more and more often choose the FMFS as the place for promoting their films. During the day, the screenings are held in a beautiful movIe theater Zlatna vrata that is placed inside the walls of 1700 years old Diocletian's palace. Moreover, that casual atmosphere gives to the FMFS the Mediterranean scent. It is becoming more and more usual to ask for an extra ticket for the screenings in Bacvice Open Air Cinema, so no one is complaining when watching a film sitting on a stairs or a towel. But the scent of old pines and rumors of the sea, sandy beach, smiley faces during the is all a bonus that visitors get during 10 days of the festival. It is mostly because of the movies from the Mediterranean that have their regional or Croatian premieres and which cannot be seen in a regular cinema distribution. Mediterranean Film Festival confirmed itself as one of the best and most popular cultural events on Adriatic and its positive spirit during last 15 editions was recognized by more than 15.000 visitors annually.
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