When therapy and medication offer no relief for severe depression, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) — better known as electroshock therapy — can provide hope. Mie and Tine have been struggling with depression for years. Now, they are placing their hopes on ECT. How do they experience the treatment? Do they gradually regain their former selves? And how do they cope with the lingering haze that remains after an ECT session?
A film by Lize Cuveele
Cinematography - Kobe Fleerackers
Sound recording - Luc Cuveele
Editing - Louise Butter
Grading - Chiara Pontuali
Animation & titles - Annelies Vaes
Sound edit - Gillis Van Der Wee
Sound mix - Jurriaan Van Dijck
Original music Antynomy
Poster Kasper Bogaert
Production - Nina Landau, Nina Payrhuber & Mark Daems
Docville, Scienceville, 2026
Original title: Wie ben ik, als ik ontwaak?
Duration: 27'
In co-production with Docville & VRT
With the support of Universiteit Antwerpen, Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum Duffel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Work, Economy, Science, Innovation and Social Economy (WEWIS), Pascal Decroos Fund, Sabam and the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government through Flanders Tax Shelter
Language: Dutch
Subtitles: Dutch & English