​Film Grand Prize Awards 
Best RESILIENCY & HOPE film
Best COMPASSIONATE & HONEST film
Best DIVERSITY film
Best SPREADING AWARENESS film
Best CINEMATICALLY CAPTIVATING film


What Do I Get:
- an award WINNER engraved crystal TROPHY
- an official award LAUREL 
- an official award CERTIFICATE 
- a website & social media FEATURE
- Free (2) two hours of PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTATION



Special Achievement Awards
Films are chosen that explore specific themes of psychology with honesty and compassion.
Best Short, Best Documentary, Best Feature, Best Director, Best Actor/Actress/Performer, Best Depression/Suicide, Best Grief, Best Anxiety, Best Trauma, Best Mental Health Diagnosis, Best Healing/Resiliency, Best Hope/Happiness/Positivity, Best Animation, Best Personal Story, Best Recovery/Addiction, Best Identity/Diversity/Cultural/ Best Mental Health Promotion/Awareness, Best Therapist Performance, Best World Event Story, & Best Originality/Creativity.
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What Do I Get:
- an official Award LAUREL
- an official Award CERTIFICATE
- a website & social media FEATURE



Screenwriting Awards 

Best Psychology Screenplay

Grand Prize Award (1st place)

What Do I Get:
- an award WINNER engraved crystal TROPHY
- an official Award Certificate and Laurel from BPFF
- a feature on BPFF website and social media pages
- recognition as "an award winning writer"
- A free Inktip Script Listing 

Elite Prize Award (2nd place)

What Do I Get:
- an official Award Certificate and Laurel from BPFF
- a feature on BPFF website and social media pages
- recognition as "an award winning writer"
- A free Inktip Script Listing ​

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2021 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Believe Psychology Film Festival celebrates films influenced by psychology. We support films that attempt to address, depict, represent, tell a story, show, highlight, teach, expose, explore, offer guidance, celebrate and raise awareness.​

​Resiliency & Hope (21 Films) (11:56:46)
Stories of healing, empowerment and personal growth

Sprout
S.O.B.E.R. -DWI Courts and the Transformation from Addiction to Recovery
STRUNG
I Had To Change: The Story of Jermaine J. Williams
POLES
Voices From the Invisible
8 Weeks to Happy
Black Girl, Bleu
Fentanyl Madness
Shevolution
Deepfake Therapy
Incent City
The Bright Side of Darkness
What Lies Inside
Lens Flares: Trauma in Journalism
“Steve” - Saving men from suicide. 
The Fish Don't Care When It Rains
The Pandemic Artist
“SINCE THAT DAY…”
52 - A Tale of Loneliness
The Telling Tale
The Kaleidoscope Guy at the Market

Compassionate & Honest (39 Films) (12:06:38)
Stories that contribute compassionate and honest representation of people living with mental illness
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Waiting For Time
MUTED
The Corner of Chaos and Serenity
The Boy Who Thought He Could Fly
ANOTHER DAY
Take Me With You
Double Black
un•bind
Deepfake Therapy
Everfall
The Bright Side of Darkness
The In-Between
Incent City
“Steve” - Saving men from suicide. 
After You
First Step
Across the Andes
Brightside
TALK
Lousy
Black Girl, Bleu
Juxtaposition
Voices From the Invisible
Cede to Reality
Lizard Brain
NOT YET MIDNIGHT
Why My Mom
Blue Eyes
Lens Flares: Trauma in Journalism
SHARDS
Mind Breaking
Follow My Brain | with Cam Webster
Hungry Ghosts
Shevolution
STRUNG
Bet Check or Raise
Metanoia
Almost There
Dementia spots

Psychology Screenplays (5 screenplays)
Scripts written that explore themes of psychology.

Ghost Ride the Vic
Wildflower Honey
A Son's Gift
​Jeremy's World
​Good Luck Chuck

Diversity (25 Films) (12:54:40)
Stories with diverse characters or themes of diversity
 
BLOCK
Mitta Has Been Masking
When I become who I am
F.E.A.R: Face Everything And Rise
Ovals: I Dont Want to Love Myself
The New Mother
When All That’s Left is Love
Plaits
SENIOR DISCOUNTed
I Learned It From You - S1.E1
Shojon – Theorem
Relationships
Black Girl, Bleu
un•bind
I Had To Change: The Story of Jermaine J. Williams
Trapped (A mental health story)
ALLY 3000
Brightside
UNDER THE SAME SKY
WHAT IS LOVE?
​​In Search of a White Identity
The Gay Epidemic
Second Parent
Made In America
Summer in Hindsight

​Spreading Awareness (18 Films) (11:38:49)
Stories with insightful educational value or ignites a national discourse on mental health
 
Together-Alone (A series of four cinematic portraits)
The Need for Common Sense Critical Thinking 
Relationships
Her Cold Hands
Psyched! -Pilot
SHARP
Nurture with Nature, A Story of Ecotherapy
The Wisdom of Trauma
Yoga Therapy for Life
S.O.B.E.R. -DWI Courts and the Transformation from Addiction to Recovery
admitted
Lens Flares: Trauma in Journalism
8 Weeks to Happy
Voices From the Invisible
Psychiatrist as Patient: Caring for the Caregiver 
Love Bound
Children of Disease
Fentanyl Madness

Cinematically Captivating (34 Films) (10:35:23)
Stories with humor, creative freedom and high entertainment value

SHARP
Waiting For Nicko
Empty Windows
The Need for Common Sense Critical Thinking 
Can Anyone Answer?
Redefinitions (n.):
Pneuma
Summer in Hindsight
Inhale, Exhale, Draw
Breathing Through
Alice and the Land that Wonders
Mitta Has Been Masking
The New Mother
Quarantine
Mr. Theme Music
Shadows
Checkups
Trapped (A mental health story)
Bathtub Chronicles
How To Quit
Search Engines
The Tent
KEEP MUM
Withdrawals 
admitted
Vs.
Exposed To The Light
Ovals: I Dont Want to Love Myself
Lizard Brain
The Gay Epidemic
52 - A Tale of Loneliness
The Fish Don't Care When It Rains
Sprout
An Evening Game

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Believe Psychology Film Festival 2022 will screen films in-person and online

MAY 20- 22, 2022
​submissions open​

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