sitcom

why sitcom?

i wanted to speak about diagnoses in a way that was fun, casual and lighthearted. mental illness is often depicted in a rather dark and gloomy way – which is important too – but i didn’t feel it fully reflected life with a mental disorder.

i chose the 90’s sitcom style to open up the material in a new way. with corny jokes, a laugh track, a studio set with one location and physical comedy, i hoped the audience would relax in this familiar format and take the material in in another way than usual.

the exhibition

the film premiered at the Bachelor-show at Brønshøj Gamle Skole on May 20th, 2022.

i repurposed an old gym equipment room as a screening room.

because of the narrative nature of the film, screening it in a loop didn’t seem fitting at first, and i originally planned for the audience to have to start the film on their own, when they were ready.

however, i realized that while you may not enter randomly and understand the whole narrative, there are pointers of the theme and the style throughout the whole film.