Award from Holland Animation Film Festival

My Blood is My Tears, part of the second Animated Minds series, has won the Best Educational Film Award at Holland Animation Film Festival, which took place in Utrecht last week, 4 to 8 November 2009.
The international jury, Dominic Buttimore (United Kingdom), Mieke Gerritzen (The Netherlands), and Motomichi Nakamura (USA), praised the film as "A very nice contrast between the horror of the story and the beauty of the image. A difficult subject, obviously studied thoroughly, well explained and beautiful in a morbid way."

By combining real testimonies with engaging animation, My Blood is My Tears explores the impulses that cause some young people to self-harm, and the relief that physical pain seemingly provides from the emotional pain they suffer. Like all the films in the Animated Minds series, this film attempts to promote a better understanding of mental health problems by dispelling some of the common myths and prejudices that often surround certain conditions.

Find out more and watch the films at www.animatedminds.com