Welcome to
Filming Madness
'I shall speak about women's writing: about what it will do. Woman must write herself: must write about women and bring to women to writing, from which they have been driven away as violently as from their bodies—for the same reasons, by the same law, with the same fatal goal. Woman must put herself into text—as into world and into history—by her own movement.'
—Hélène Cixous (The Laugh of the Medusa, 1976: 875)
‘If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.’
—Lilla Watson
Welcome to the Filming Madness website, a hub for Hande Çayır's practice-based PhD research within the Applied Screen Studies at the University of Warwick's Film and Television Studies Department. This platform seeks to continue learning from the process, reimagining what it means to film madness on institutional, collaborative, and personal levels while offering a space for individuals with lived experience of mental health conditions to share their perspectives. It aims to spark meaningful dialogue and collaboration among survivors, filmmakers, students, researchers, workers, policymakers, those with a personal or empathetic connection to the subject, and those involved in mental health advocacy, inviting reflection and action.
The hub features multi-modal archival materials, including films, zines, emotions, messiness, gifts, sound+silence, conferences, resources, networks, and 'have your say' sections. This reflects an approach that prioritises readability, accessibility, inclusivity, and the recognition of diverse forms of expression and positionalities.
You can download the written component by clicking the PDF button. I suggest you pick a song from the sound+silence section. While it’s playing, you can browse the site. I sincerely thank everyone who contributed.
To all the survivors...