Upcoming Screenings
2025
JUN
19&21
Virtual Screening & Panel
Zoom
The Association for Pet Loss & Bereavement (APLB), in collaboration with Pets Are Family, invites you to a virtual screening of the acclaimed short film The Weight They Carry—followed by a powerful panel discussion exploring the mental health crisis impacting veterinary professionals nationwide.
Free to attend | Limited to 1,000 attendees per session
Thursday, June 19th at 7:00 PM EST:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/gsd5eVjyQ6OClpM8sCCK7w
Saturday, June 21st at 5:00 PM EST: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/bbmakF1fQD6umvSmaLWlrg
The following panelists will be present:
Dr. Kathy Gervais – Featured in the film, Veterinarian & Advocate
Dr. Katie Lawlor – Veterinary Mental Health Expert
Grace Galletti – Director, The Weight They Carry
Colleen Rolland – President, APLB
Jessica Abernathy - Host, Pets are Family
Moderated by Tricia Montgomery, Executive Board, APLB & Pets Are Family Host
Reach out to grace.galletti@gmail.com or go to the Host a Screening! page to schedule a community screening!
Past Screenings
2023
SEPT
San Francisco, CA
Private Screening & Conversation with Kathy Gervais DVM, Katie Lawlor Psy.D. and filmmakers Grace Galletti & Zhiwei Feng.
Veterinary Mental Health Support
21
JAN
Berkeley, CA
Private Screening for the 2023 Shortform Winter Showcase.
26
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
San Francisco, CA
Community screening at the veterinarian clinic where the documentary was filmed!
San Francisco Animal Medical Center
10
OCT
OCT
Roxie Theater, San Francisco, CA
Playing as part of the 2023 San Francisco Short Film Festival at both Roxie Theater Oct 12th at 6:30pm and online October 12-22.
San Francisco Short Film Festival
12
2024
1020 Valley Hall, Davis, CA
Community Screening and conversation as part of Wellness Week at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
27
MAR
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
The BAMPFA Student Committee Film Festival presents short films by Bay Area student filmmakers.
BAMPFA Student Committee Film Festival
05
APR
Magruder Hall Room M1152, 5pm
The Student American Veterinary Medical Association at Oregon State University is hosting a screening followed by a virtual Q&A with Dr. Kathy Gervais and directors Grace Galletti and Zhiwei Feng moderated by the school’s counselor.
Oregon State University Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine
29
APR
Chicago, IL
Come celebrate NOMV’s 10 year anniversary of doing amazing work and learn about maintaining healthy boundaries with clients, take a deeper dive into the impact of trauma and stress in vet med and plenty more. And of course, watch a screening of The Weight They Carry.
Not One More Vet Mini Conference & Gala
05
OCT
2025
Not One More Vet Virtual Screening & Panel
05
FEB
Zoom
Join NOMVs virtual screening of the 11 minute film The Weight They Carry and a panel discussion afterwards about mental health in the vet field and what we can do about it.
The panel will include film participant and veterinarian Dr. Kathy Gervais, NOMV director of VMHS, Dr. Katie Lawlor, film director Grace Galletti and NOMV director of outreach, Danny Rosenmund, moderated by Gigi Tsontos, NOMV executive director.
VCNY Mental Health Awareness Month Screening
15
MAY
Mulberry Studios, Manhattan, NY
Join the New York chapter of the Video Consortium for a screening on mental health, loneliness, and resilience.
The films we’ll be screening are:
Tell Them You Love Me, by Nick August-Perna (Excerpt)
The Weight They Carry, by Grace Galletti (11 min)
Georgie, by Jennie Butler (14 min)
hello beautiful please follow back, by Amandine Thomas (7 min)
Livestreams with GrandmaPuzzles (6 min)