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Shining a Light into the Dark Side of Medicine he media has a tendency to romanticize was that . . . doctors. From “Doctor Kildare” and young doc- T“Ben Casey” to “Grey’s Anatomy,” tors, residents, “Chicago Med,” and even “General Hospital,” are working we have been taking escapist journeys into up to 28-

the lives and dramas of medical professionals hour shifts, Photo: Danny Murtaugh Norwegian Director Magnus Meyer Arnesen and Ivar Taim, for years. But there’s a dark reality behind these taking care of cinematographer, were in town with their film “As I Fall,” a glamorous stories, one that is killing both doctors patients when story based on Arnesen’s personal experiences. The film was produced by MFA students at The Norwegian Film and their patients, that “Do No Harm” director many studies School. Robyn Symon wants to make sure we see. show that “In 2014,” she recalls, “someone sent me an after 16 hours article about two young doctors who jumped the brain is Robyn Symons is excited to hold the from the roofs of their hospitals in New York not function- premiere of her film at the CIFF. “We hope physicians and patients City.” When she looked into the story further, ing normally.” will come to the screenings and she realized that the incidents were part of This system engage in an open dialogue about the challenges we face in our health care “a hidden epidemic that needs to be exposed means that system—and find pathways forward to and fixed.” many new make medicine more rewarding for our Symon comes from a family with many physicians healers and safer for patients.” Photo: Amber Patrick doctors, although her own path led to are, “in a sense, set up to fail,” Symon says. And Kent State University sponsored Day 8 of the Festival. journalism. After working as a TV reporter in those failures are costly for all involved. Representatives from the school were available throughout the day to chat with potential students. Texas in the ’80s, she joined the production “One expert says ‘a night without sleep is staff at PBS and has produced hundreds of like being legally drunk,’” she reveals. That level shows, ranging from public affairs programs to of impairment leads to errors that devastate documentaries and TV series. “Documentaries patients, their families, and the doctors who can take years to make,” she says, “so I choose begin to question their own competence and subjects that will impact the widest audience ability. Worse, the doctors have few resources and a topic where a film can have social to turn to. “The inability for physicians to get impact, and perhaps contribute to solutions emotional help, because it could jeopardize that make the world a safer place.” their careers, leads to drug abuse and isolation.” As she dug into the story of the suicides, Symon hopes that her film can effect trying to figure out “the causes that would change for this broken system. “I would like Photo: Danny Murtaugh lead these brilliant young doctors to think audiences to . . . be more vigilant about the Downtown for the day? Why not squeeze in a movie or two? Check the program guide to see what fits your schedule that ending their lives was a logical solution to care you and loved ones are receiving. For and interests. There is sure to be something entertaining. their problems,” she realized that their deaths physicians, this is a time to start talking openly were symptoms of “a toxic system that begins about the bullying, the sleep deprivation— in medical school and then, when they become the corporatization of health care, and how practicing physicians, they face a healthcare we need to come together to ensure the OF THE system that’s run more like an assembly line.” highest standard of care. Do No Harm to DAY 9 That system, she realized, was killing doctors and patients.” FILM FESTIVAL patients as well as doctors. “Medical errors —Lara Klaber IS SPONSORED BY are the third leading cause of death in the US behind heart disease and cancer,” she SHOWING DO NO HARM TODAY is playing today at 7:25 p.m. points out. “One of the scariest discoveries

Festival Updates Sci-Fi, Yes, but with a Human Touch he co-directors of “Freaks,” Adam B. Stein Added Screening: and Zachary Lipovsky, met 12 years ago Saturday April 6th Tas contestants on the television show 100 Things 9:00 am “On the Lot,” “basically an American Idol-type Champions 9:05 am The City That Sold America 3:10 pm show,” as Stein describes it. The two were Princess of the Row 3:40 pm collaborators and competitors for a million- dollar development deal at DreamWorks. Late Additions: They separated after the show, but they Thursday April 4th continued to return to one another after, as Mike Wallace Is Here 7:10 pm Stein put it, “finding the nature of our col- Good Girl Gone Bad 8:30 pm laboration very rewarding.” The two recently Friday April 5th finished directing the big-budget Disney film, Cut Off 3:30 pm From left, Adam B. Stein, originally from Miami, Florida, Good Girl Gone Bad 5:30 pm “Kim Possible,” which they worked on after graduated from Harvard University and the directing program Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 8:25 pm finishing “Freaks.” Stein says, “We love working at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Zach Lipovsky, from Vancouver, Canada, started in the business as a child actor. Saturday April 6th and collaborating because we can build on each Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 9:00 am other’s ideas and solve problems together.” into,” says Stein. “He really connected to the Good Girl Gone Bad 4:50 pm The skills, challenges, and camaraderie of their father-daughter story, because of his own Mike Wallace Is Here 5:10 pm collaboration come to fruition in “Freaks.” relationship with his daughter.” Before You Know It 6:20 pm Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil Although the movie can be generally classified The focus is not on the science fiction, but and Vile 9:25 pm as a sci-fi thriller, it tends to meld and break on what the devices of the genre can reveal. Cut Off 9:45 pm genres. Part of the reason for this is that the Stein comments, “One of the things that makes Sunday April 7th movie is told from the perspective of a child science fiction so interesting is how it can hold Cut Off 4:20 pm played by Lexy Kolker. up a mirror to our own world.” Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 6:55 pm Lipovsky elaborates, “When things are scary “Freaks” has become more relevant in recent Before You Know It 7:00 pm for her, the movie feels more like a horror times. Without going into too much detail, Stein Check for the latest festival updates movie and when she’s full of wonder, it starts to remarks, “When we were writing the movie, on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ciff or feel more like a Spielberg Amblin movie… so the idea that children could be torn away from Facebook at www.facebook.com/ ClevelandInternationalFilmFestival. the mix of genres is motivated from her their parents and detained by the government Or visit www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/ character journey.” was science fiction; now a couple years later it’s updates. The film focuses on the relationship between happening in America.” father and daughter. Emile Hirsch plays the While the film investigates major issues, travels father, and the directors highly praise his work. between genres, and has excellent characters, “We wanted it to feel real, intimate, and Stein and Lipovsky keep it grounded. “We character-based, so we knew the story would were very focused on keeping it intimate and Challenge Match capture small moments of the family relation- personal...you just see the impact on a single The Challenge Match is the CIFF’s annual fundraising campaign, and the only time of ships and go deep on the emotions—that was family,” Stein concludes. —W. Connor Drake the year that we ask for your support (we do more important to capture than a big sci-fi not send out solicitation letters at any time). story,” Lipovsky says. SHOWING FREAKS The challenge to you—our audience—is to TODAY is playing today at 5:00 p.m. raise $150,000, which will be matched by The film attracted two-time Oscar nominee Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. Bruce Dern, who was 82 years old at the time of shooting. Stein remarks that Dern is always We are $66,958 closer to THE reaching our goal of $150,000! looking for “deep, grounded characters,” but has ONLINE shied away from science fiction since “Silent A $10 DONATION QUALIFIES YOU FOR ONE OF THESE FABULOUS PRIZES!! Running” in 1972 because of its lack of depth Visit The Daily online edition at in emotion. “But luckily Bruce saw something www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/the-daily. A NIGHT AT THE RITZ: Enjoy a luxurious night in the heart of the city at The in our story that he wanted to sink his teeth TODAY’S ONLINE VERSION INCLUDES: Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland, plus a three-course dinner, and VIP brewery tour at Market • General Magic (Playing today at 11:50 a.m.) Garden Brewery. Co-directors Sarah Kerruish and Matt Maude take us back to the early days of the Internet, Stop by the Challenge Match table in the a time of endless wonder and possibility. Tower City Cinemas lobby to donate. • Sealed Lips (Playing today at 7:05 p.m.) THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Travel back in time and behind the Iron Curtain with producer Alexander Martens. • Around the Sun (Playing today at 7:20 p.m.) Oliver Krimpas recounts the background of his film that features romance and a crumbling chateau. Official Airline of the 43rd CIFF • Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana Photo: Amber Patrick (Playing today at 8:50 p.m.) The Cleveland International Film Festival receives WELCOME Explore the history of underground comics public support with local tax dollars from Cuyahoga CIFF Guest Relations liaison Jennifer Feierabend, right, with producer Mike Hunchback. Arts & Culture, to preserve and enrich our region’s welcomes “The Replacement” star Mike McNamara and artistic and cultural heritage. “Super Market” director Rhonda Mitrani.