2023 / 84' Dir. Marc Schmidt Sc. Bert Aerts · Senjan Jansen Prod. Basalt Film Sales. Andana Films
If Only Night Wouldn't Fall
Marc Schmidt
A unique perspective on three Western countries’ use of data in attempts to grapple with anxiety, depression and psychosis.
In three interwoven stories, we observe different stages of prevention in mental health issues by collecting data: from children that get an ‘early intervention’ to keep away anxiety disorders at a later age, to a man that tries to avoid a new psychosis. A next level is reached when a city without friction is built in order make all residents happy. The protagonists are being measured and questioned all of the time, for their own benefit. But what gets lost in the quest for our optimal selves?