My Black Dog is a powerful film exploring youth mental health, particularly of those living in regional locations.

“As a parent of three teenagers, it was an excellent reminder to be open, love in abundance, kind, patient and to check in.”- Audience member

Join us for the Cootamundra evening screening of My Black Dog, our first leg of this extensive tour across Regional NSW with accompanying Wellbeing Workshops for schools.

TUES 27 MAY
The Arts Centre, Cootamundra
Doors open // 7:10pm
Film Screening // 7:30 - 8:30pm

*Recommended for audiences 12+

*As a young person we advise you attend with a family member or friend.
*Content includes references to negative body image, violence, alcohol abuse and self harm.

My Black Dog is a narrative film. It takes an honest and realistic look at the situations adolescents in regional centres are facing, speaking to them directly about what's going on and striving to develop a youth centric approach to tackling these issues.

The project provides a multi-generational take on mental health issues and their impacts. It has been co-designed with young people, for young people.
A catalyst for conversation.

Described as "Beautiful and heartfelt. Raw and powerful." by an audience member, the film expresses stories that are touching, honest and uplifting.
Utilising the abstraction of dance and performance to express the more visceral aspects of struggling with a mental illness, My Black Dog demonstrates the different points of connection and support that can be created or exist around a young person.

My Black Dog features the young artists of FLING Company 2023, professional performers from the Bega Valley region and a phenomenal Creative Team, including Cinematographer Andrew Robinson Film and Composer David Hewitt.

*Local mental health support services will be with us in the foyer

FLING's youth Companies are at the heart of our organisation, offering regional youth in the Bega Valley the opportunity to work with visiting and local professional artists to create original contemporary performance works.

FLING respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we live, dance and create. The Djiringanj people, whose custodianship has never been ceded, and continues to guide and support our connection to country today. We pay our respect to elders past, present and emerging.