A BODY OF THOUGHT
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
A Body of Thought is a feature documentary that asks, ‘what if the body isn’t just the mind’s vehicle—but part of the mind itself?’ Weaving history, science, and personal narrative, the story will reframe our understanding of the relationship between body, mind, and consciousness.
For centuries, Western science has treated thinking solely as a cerebral process. New science suggests that thought, emotion, and memory are distributed throughout the entire body. Central is the human heart, traditionally seen as a pump but increasingly understood as a complex sensory system and potential “second brain”. Building on this, the film investigates how consciousness emerges and functions through the brain AND body.
We trace this idea from ancient cultures, where the heart, liver, and gut were seen as seats of emotion and wisdom, through Descartes’ 17th-century separation of mind and body, to the cutting-edge fields of neurocardiology, psychoneuroimmunology, and embodied cognition. With the rise of artificial organs and AI, we explore if machines can think without bodies and if transplanted organs hold onto memories. Through provocative interviews with scientists, historians, and philosophers, A Body of Thought uncovers the intricate systems that form our senses of self.
THE MAN WHO DRANK CANADA DRY
FEATURE FILM
Based on the true story of Canadian snooker icon “Big” Bill Werbeniuk, a player who, in the early 1980s, came out of nowhere to become one of the world’s top-ranked players despite suffering from a hereditary disease that caused his cuing hand to shake uncontrollably. Bill’s solution - alcohol, and lots of it - up to 50 pints of beer in a day to keep himself steady and at the top of his game. After quickly becoming a fan favorite in his adopted homeland of England, his career was abruptly brought to an end after the medication he took to protect his heart from the booze, was summarily banned by the sport’s governing body.
UNDER THE HOOD
Feature filM
Mortified is a network of live speaking events in the US that was recently adapted into a limited series from Netflix. People from all walks of life, voluntarily go up on stage to read excerpts of their teenage diaries; sharing what used to be their most heartfelt emotions in front of a room of friendly strangers. Inspired by one speaker’s experience, this film tells the story of a young man growing up around the AIDS-hysteria of the Eighties, who learns that his late father had in fact been gay and died of the disease some year earlier. Forced to reconcile this new information with everything he thought he knew about his dad, Andy embarks on a journey to acceptance and celebration of his father’s true nature, and the community that took him in.