OUTSIDER - Freud - Cape Town Screening

Outsider. Freud – Film Screening and Q&A with Director Yair Qedar

Join us on 28 ^h September 2025 at the Labia Theatre for the screening of a award-winning film about Sigmund Freud’s life and work which is currently being screened at film festivals worldwide.

Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is delighted to host screenings of Outsider. Freud (2025), a new documentary about Sigmund Freud, and welcome the film’s director Yair Qedar. The event will begin with the screening then followed by a Q&A session with Qedar.

We will be hosting a screeening on 28 September 2025 at the Labia Theatre :

18:00pm

The screening offers a unique opportunity to engage with this compelling film, culminating in an evening discussion with the filmmaker himself.

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About the film: Outsider. Freud (2025) dir. Yair Qedar

Length: 66 min

A journey into the life and work of Sigmund Freud in four acts, combining animation, dreams, and insights from leading psychoanalysts. It explores Freud’s experiences of marginalization as a Jew in Vienna during Hitler’s rise and how these shaped his theories and personal life. Through an intimate lens, the film reveals new dimensions of Freud’s legacy, focusing on his impact on psychoanalysis, Judaism, and the power dynamics of being an outsider.

Awards:

Official selection Haifa film festival 2025, best feature documentary/animation prize Jaipur film festival 2025, best documentary prize Mannheim film festival 2025, best documentary prize Berlin Kiez film festival 2025, special mention Phoenix Jewish film festival 2025, best feature documentary/animation prize New Delhi film festival, 2025/ Best Documentary Feature Film, Mokkho International Film Festival 2025/ Special mention Israeli film festival Paris 2025