Julie on Line (2022)

Shot over five years, director Mia Ma follows her friend Julie as she tries to reinvent her future and find a way to live with schizophrenia.
Since being diagnosed, Julie has undergone various traditional and alternative medical treatments. The French health system deem her to be ‘80% mentally disabled’. But Julie fights to be accepted as an active member of society and struggles to find a way to live that benefits her. It’s a situation that must take into account her history of childhood trauma – one that she acknowledges but is keen to move on from. To Mia Ma, Julie is the heroine of her own story – one that is inspiring yet far from over.