WBCP FILM SERIES
BYOP (Bring Your Own Popcorn)
Two film series
WBCP is proud to host two film series, Psychoanalytic Takes on Cinema and the Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival, created to uncover the depth and complexity of human psychology through the art of film. The audience enjoys a rich experience of viewing a film together followed by a discussion of the characters, themes, conflicts and traumas as they are understood through a psychoanalytic lens. Following the formal discussion, the audience participates in an insightful and lively group question and answer period, all designed to raise consciousness about the deeper meanings of the film.
Films are chosen that are psychologically perceptive and stir the emotions and curiosity of the viewers. Both of the series provide insight into human psychology through the lens of psychoanalysis. Participants will view films and discussants will present a paper and/or lead a discussion illustrating basic psychoanalytic concepts.
We benefit from welcoming our community at large to join mental health providers as we learn more together about the interplay of psychoanalysis and film.
Washington, DC
Psychoanalytic Takes on the Cinema
Course Coordinator: Katherine Marshall Woods, PsyD
Course Coordinator: Sarah Hedlund, PhD
Location: 1922 F Street, NW, Room 208, Washington, DC
Baltimore, Maryland
Leon Levin Psychoanalytic Film Festival
Course Coordinator: Noreen Honeycutt, PhD
Course Coordinator: Marilyn Martin, MD
Location: Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD.
Upcoming Programs
October
Friday, October 30, 2026 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Save the Date: Psychoanalytic Takes on Cinema: “The Backrooms”: Alex Smith, PsyD
Discussion of the film “The Backrooms” 2025 (110 mins) Director: Kane Parsons After a therapist’s patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him. …
December
Friday, December 11, 2026 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Save the Date: Psychoanalytic Takes on Cinema: “Till Death”: Katherine Marshall Woods, PsyD & filmmaker Yana Billé-Chung
Discussion of the film “Till Death” 2025 (20 mins) Director: Yana Billé-Chung When a kind young couple is offered the chance of a lifetime to purchase their dream house from an ailing octogenarian at…
January
Friday, January 29, 2027 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Save the Date: Psychoanalytic Takes on Cinema: “Before Dawn (Перед Світанком)”: Oksana Yakushko, PhD & filmmaker Yuliia Haleta
Discussion of the film “Before Dawn (Перед Світанком)” 2024 (11 mins) Director: Yuliia Haleta This is not supposed to happen in your twenties, but you embrace the emptiness. A spacio…
April
Friday, April 30, 2027 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Save the Date: Psychoanalytic Takes on Cinema: “The Substance”: Jamie Steele, LMFT
Discussion of the film “The Substance” 2024 (141 mins) Director: Coralie Fargeat A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that helps her create a younger, better ve…