Hoping to dispel the stigma surrounding mental health, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Miami-Dade County is presenting its Sixth Annual Reel Minds Film Festival on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Little Haiti Cultural Center.

With 93 global submissions, a record number for the festival that began in 2016 (the festival was on hiatus from 2020 to 2023 due to the pandemic), according to organizers, nine were chosen for Reel Minds and several have a Miami/South Florida connection.

One of the films will walk away with the Chrysalis Award, a first this year.

“We had a higher number of submissions than ever before, from all over the world and we saw very high-quality cinematography and sound. This is also the first year we are presenting the Chrysalis Award, and we are extremely excit

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