Screening & Panel Discussions:
Rethinking Mental Health
Mad in Norway International Film Festival – Lillehammer, September 24-26, 2026
Drunk on Too Much Life at Mad in Norway
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About Dr. Gabor Maté
A celebrated speaker and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics, such as addiction, stress and childhood development. Dr Maté has written several bestselling books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, When the Body Says No, Scattered Minds and (as co-author) Hold On to Your Kids. His works have been published internationally in more than thirty languages. The documentary about Gabor’s life and work, The Wisdom of Trauma (2021, Science and NonDuality), has been viewed over 7 million times and has been translated into 28 languages. It is considered one of the most successful self-distributed documentaries ever.
About the Myth of Normal: Trauma, Healing, and Illness in a Toxic Culture
In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really “normal” when it comes to health?
Over four decades of clinical experience, Maté has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of “normal” as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. For all our expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how today’s culture stresses the body, burdens the immune system, and undermines emotional balance. Now Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of common myths about what makes us sick, connects the dots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness of society—and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. Cowritten with his son Daniel, The Myth Of Normal is Maté’s most ambitious and urgent book yet.
Drunk on Too Much Life screened at the 11th International Social Change Film Festival an international celebration of our common humanity through film, music, art & fashion.
Drunk on Too Much Life was honoured with a Merit of Awareness from the Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles. The Awareness Film Festival’s mission is bringing awareness and opening eyes to some of our world’s pressing issues – including, of course, mental health.
Drunk on Too Much Life screened at the Mental Filmness Film Festival in Chicago. Mental Filmness is dedicated to breaking the stigma surrounding mental health by sharing stories and promoting empathy for those who live with a chronic mental health disorder or those who have experienced a mental health issue.
Drunk on Too Much Life screened in Toronto and New York City at the ReelAbilities Film Festival.
Drunk on Too Much Life screened at Toronto-based Stella’s Place film festival – shedding light on the mental health issues facing today’s young adults through the art of film.
Drunk on Too Much Life at its world premiere in Toronto at the Rendezvous with Madness Festival (closing night film). This festival is the oldest and largest mental health festival in the world
Drunk on Too Much Life screened at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Doc Now Film Festival as part of the MFA documentary media at the Creative School.
