Jena, June 19, 2026 – Next Monday, the city of Jena invites you to a special film screening at the Pop-Up FORUM, dedicated to the topic of mental health and personal resilience. The moving film adaptation of entertainer Hape Kerkeling’s life story will be shown to highlight ways out of life crises.
- Date: Monday, June 22, 2026, 6:15 PM to 8:00 PM
- Location: Pop-Up FORUM, Wagnergasse 25, 07743 Jena
- Admission: Free (no registration required)
- Organizer: Health Promotion Unit and Network and Cooperation Management Unit of the City of Jena
Resilience in Focus: Dealing with Strokes of Fate
One’s own mental health and the ability to overcome crises – so-called resilience – are at the center of the event. How do you deal with severe losses or family crises? What role do social networks and one’s own actions play in emerging mentally strengthened from difficult phases? These questions are at the forefront as the City of Jena’s Health Promotion Unit invites you to the film screening.
A profound and at the same time humorous feature film from 2018, based on the biography of Hape Kerkeling, will be presented. The life story of the well-known entertainer vividly illustrates how, despite severe childhood trauma and family strokes of fate, a healthy and life-affirming path can be taken.
Connection to the City of Jena’s Counseling Services
The film serves as an impulse for viewers to engage with their own mental health. The city of Jena is using this occasion to draw attention to existing local help and counseling services. In addition to preventive measures, the city offers various contact points for those affected and their relatives in crisis situations to ensure support in everyday life and to point out ways out of the burden at an early stage.
🛡️ Prevention & Advice: Mental Health in Jena
The city of Jena offers a wide network of psychosocial counseling services. Citizens who are in mental crises or seeking preventive support can contact the city’s Social Psychiatric Service or the Health Promotion Unit directly. Further information and contacts for the various counseling centers are available via the official service portal of the city of Jena.
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