MOOD ATLAS

Short documentary | 18 min | 2019

National University of Ireland, Galway | Ishka Films

What happens when you feel too much, or too little? Bipolar Disorder has put Shane’s life on hold and he has lost everything: girlfriend, job, friends. He turns to a neuroscience team to map his brain and give him answers.

Best Short Documentary - Cosmo Genetics Film Festival Saint Petersburg 2021
Best Short Film - Science on Screen Film Festival 2020
Best Medical Documentary - Sci-On! Science Film Festival 2020
Nominated Best Professional Documentary - Raw Science Film Festival 2020
Nominated Best Short Documentary - Vienna Science Film Festival 2020
Nominated Best Short Documentary - Richard Harris Int Film Festival 2020
Nominated Best Director - Richard Harris International Film Festival 2020
Nominated Best Overall Short Film - Richard Harris International Film Festival 2020
Nominated Best Short Documentary - Fusion Film Festival Warsaw 2020
Nominated Best Short Documentary - Santorini Film Festival 2020
Raw Science Film Festival/ USA/ April 2020
Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer/ Russia/ April 2020
Sci-On/ USA/ May 2020
Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival/ Turkey/ May 2020
Docs Ireland/ Ireland/ June 2020
Santorini Film Festival/ Italy/ August 2020
Still Voices/ Ireland/ August 2020
Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Film Festival/ USA/ September 2020
Golden Tree International Documentary Festival/ Germany/ September 2020
Vienna Science Film Festival/ Austria/ September 2020
Canberra Mental Health Film Festival/ Australia/ October 2020
Oaxaca FilmFest/ Mexico/ October 2020
Savona International Film Event/ Italy/ October 2020
Beyond Earth Film Festival/ India/ October 2020
Science on Screen Film Festival/ Ireland/ November 2020
REEL - The Virtual Recovery Film Festival/ USA/ November 2020
MENTAL - Festival of Mental Health, Cinema, Arts and Information/ Portugal/ November 2020
Breaking Down Barriers/ Russia/ November 2020
East Europe International Film Festival - Warsaw Edition/ Poland/ December 2020
Macau International Short Film Festival/ Macau/ December 2020
Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Festival/ Belgium/ April 2021
Richard Harris International Film Festival/ Ireland/ April 2021
WēVē TV/ USA/ June 2021
ELIPSIS Cinematographic Arts and Sciences/ Mexico/ July 2021
Cosmo Genetics Film Festival Saint Petersburg/ Italy/ 2022
Sydney World Film Festival 2022
Lead Participant - Shane Hickey
Narrator and Researcher - Dr Dara M Cannon
Writer/ Director - Mia Mullarkey
Producer - Alice McDowell
Director of Photography - Kevin Minogue
Composer - Anna Mullarkey
Editor - Mia Mullarkey
Animators - Rory Kerr, Paul Ruttledge, Jack O’Shea
Sound Recordists - Steve Jackson, Sean Plunkett
Musicians - Anna Mullarkey, Ciara O’Connor, Sam Wright
Edit Consultant - Colm Farren
Voice-Over Recordist - Liam King
Colour Grade - Donal O’Kane
Sound Mix - Garret Farrell
Research Facilities - Center for Advanced Medical Imaging, The Wellcome Trust HRB Clinical Research Facility, St James Hospital
Archive Footage - The Hickey Family
Production Company - Ishka Films
Animation Company - Eat the Danger
Post Production Company - Screen Scene
Funder - Health Research Board, Ireland