Waimate girl's documentary to screen at US film festivalJOHN BISSET/FAIRFAX NZ Mercedes van Royen's documentary about suicide, Just Another Word, will screen to an American audience in June. A Waimate primary school pupil is excited her documentary was selected from nearly 1000 entries to be shown at a film festival in the United States. Her documentary was about the effect her grandfather committing suicide had had on her, and it made an impression on Vermont's Scout Film Festival organisers. To know that my one has been selected for a film festival ... in America, that's pretty exciting." WHERE TO GET HELPLifeline (open 24/7) - 0800 543 354Depression Helpline (open 24/7) - 0800 111 757Healthline (open 24/7) - 0800 611 116Samaritans (open 24/7) - 0800 726 666Suicide Crisis Helpline (open 24/7) - 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO).

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