Now in its eighth year, the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (SMHAFF) international film competition provides its award-winners the opportunity to showcase their mental health films to Festival audiences. Winning films will be screened during the Festival, which takes place during October 2014, and honoured at the International Film Awards ceremony. Whether an established industry professional or an aspiring amateur, if your work engages with and explores mental health, then SMHAFF want to hear from you. The organizers are particularly interested in film makers understanding of mental health, the meaning they take from this term, and how they have interpreted this in their work. Films can address specific mental health issues, but are also keen to encourage innovative and diverse perspectives.

Read more about Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 2014 on Contest Watchers.