I Remember Better When I Paint screens at the Hong Kong Science Museum on December 19

I Remember Better When I Paint screens at the Hong Kong Science Museum as part of the museum’s Science Theatre series on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 3:30 pm.

The screening will be in English with Chinese subtitles.

This informative documentary offers pivotal new insights into the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease through creative arts. Leading international neurologists share findings which support the transformative power of drawing, painting, music and museum visits, illustrating how the parts of the brain related to emotions and creativity are largely spared by the disease, and therefore dramatically changing the way we look at Alzheimer’s and related disorders. The film shows how creative workshops are being embraced as exciting and effective therapy methods in several countries worldwide, opening doors of communication between those living with the disease and their caregivers and families.

I Remember Better When I Paint also tells the compelling story of Hilda Gorenstein, an artist known as Hilgos, who was left lost, agitated and uncommunicative by Alzheimer’s disease but regained a quality of life through returning to painting with the help of students from School of Art Institute of Chicago. The Hilgos Foundation now awards scholarships to students who help those suffering from memory loss, acknowledging and celebrating the astonishing impact of the arts on people with Alzheimer’s. The film features Yasmin Aga Khan, daughter of actress Alzheimer’s Rita Hayworth who had Alzheimer’s.

Documentary on positive impact of art on people with Alzheimer’s to air on Milwaukee Public Television on November 20, 2012

I Remember Better When I Paint to air on Milwaukee Public Television on November 20, 2012.

In honor of November Caregivers Month, the Alzheimer’s Association, Southeastern Wisconsin chapter, in partnership with the Hilgos Foundation has arranged for Milwaukee Public Television to broadcast the documentary “I Remember Better When I Paint.”

This interesting film, narrated by Olivia de Havilland, is the first international documentary about the positive impact of art and other creative therapies on people with Alzheimer’s and how these approaches can change the way we look at the disease. Among those who are featured are noted doctors and Yasmin Aga Khan, president of Alzheimer’s Disease International and daughter of Rita Hayworth, who had Alzheimer’s.

The film supports the working theory of the Alzheimer’s Association, Southeastern Wisconsin chapter Memories in the Making art program. The program will air in Southeastern Wisconsin on Tuesday, November 20 at 11pm on Channel 10.

This film was directed by Eric Ellena and Berna Huebner, and is presented by French Connection Films and the Hilgos Foundation.

Waking the Brain through Music and Art, November 9, 2012, New York City

“Waking the Brain through Music and Art” session during the Expressive Therapies Summit, co-sponsored by The Creative Arts Therapy Program of The New School takes place in New York City on Friday, November 9, 2012.

Time: 6:15pm
Location:
THE NEW SCHOOL
KELLEN AUDITORIUM
66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street (first floor)
New York, NY
$15 admission, online; $20 at door
Open to the Public



Using images and film excerpts that vividly document their work, panelists will demonstrate both active (creating) and passive (listening, viewing) music and art approaches to revitalizing function in people with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia, as well as those who have sustained a brain injury or survived a stroke. Programs designed and led by neurologists, therapists, artists, researchers, and arts educators will be represented in this moving overview.

I Remember Better When I Paint co-director Berna Huebner is one of the featured panelists.

I Remember Better When I Paint airs on PBS station in Milwaukee area November 2012

Milwaukee Public Television (MPTV), southeastern Wisconsin’s premiere non-commercial media organization, to broadcast I Remember Better When I Paint in November 2012:

Saturday, November 3 at 9am on Channel 36
Sunday, November 4 at 11pm on Channel 36
Tuesday, November 20 at 11pm on Channel 10

I Remember Better When I Paint, narrated by Olivia de Havilland, is the first international documentary about the positive impact of art and other creative therapies on people with Alzheimer’s and how these approaches can change the way we look at the disease. Among those who are featured are noted doctors and Yasmin Aga Khan, president of Alzheimer’s Disease International and daughter of Rita Hayworth, who had Alzheimer’s. A film by Eric Ellena and Berna Huebner, presented by French Connection Films and the Hilgos Foundation.

Screening in Chicago on World Alzheimer’s Day, September 21, 2012

The Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center (CNADC) of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is hosting a screening of I Remember Better When I Paint on World Alzheimer’s Day 2012.

Date:
Friday, September 21 ,2012

Time:
1:30-3:30pm
The screening is followed by a panel discussion on the benefits of creative arts interventions.

Venue:
Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center
303 E. Superior Street
Hughes Auditorium
Chicago, Illinois 60611

Space is limited and online registration is required.

For more information, visit the CNADC website.

I Remember Better When I Paint selected to screen at the Legacy Film Festival on Aging in San Francisco, July 2012

I Remember Better When I Paint selected to screen at the Legacy Film Festival on Aging in San Francisco.

Date:
Sunday, July 8,2012

Time:
Doors open at 12:30pm

Venue:
Coppola Theatre
Fine Arts Building, 1st Floor
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave. (@19th)
San Francisco, California

For more information, contact the Legacy Film Festival on Aging.

Film Program Schedule, Sunday July 8:
1:00 – 2:45pm • Session 5

Glassy-Eyed (26 min)
Frederic Compain, Director

Bill Utermohlen (1933-2007) was an American artist living in England, creating his figurative art despite the era of abstract art. In 1995 he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, a diagnosis that changed both his life and his art. His final body of work is both an artistic achievement and a pictorial narrative of the illness.

I Remember Better when I Paint (45 min)
Eric Ellena and Berna Huebner, Directors (France & U.S.)

Narrated by actress Olivia de Havilland, the film presents the positive impact of creative therapy on people with Alzheimer’s disease, engaging areas of the brain that are not damaged by the disease. Noted clinicians are featured, as well as an interview with Yasmin Aga Khan, president of Alzheimer’s Disease International whose mother, actress Rita Hayworth, suffered from early onset Alzheimer’s. Director Huebner highlights her mother’s transformation.

A Sunday at 105 (13 min)
Daniel Léger, Director (Canada)

A centenarian Acadian (Canadian) agrees to be filmed one Sunday as she goes about her daily routine and ruminates on life. Filmed by her great-grandson. In French, with English subtitles.

Screening in London on June 11, 2012 at the Creative Dementia Arts Conference

I Remember Better When I Paints screens at the Creative Dementia Arts Conference in London on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 1p.m. For more information, visit the conference website.

Connections and Collaborations: Creative Dementia Arts Conference
presented by the Creative Arts Dementia Network
Albany Deptford London
Date: Monday June 11 2012
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Conference Chair: Janet Morrison, Chief Executive, Independent Age
10.00 Conference opens: Maria Parsons Director, Creative Dementia Arts Network
10.05 Chair’s welcome Janet Morrison, Chief Executive, Independent Age
10.20 Keynote speech: Professor Sube Banerjee, Institute of Psychiatry,
King’s College, London & Department of Health
10.50 Refreshments
11.20 Morning workshops
12.40 Lunch
1.10 Film screening and Tango workshop
2.00 Afternoon workshops
3.20 Refreshments and a Tea Dance
3.50 Closing remarks
4.00 Conference ends