A short experimental documentary film about a teenager who suffers from mental health issues as a result of childhood bullying.
A surrealist perspective on self harm and the want for death.
The story follows Fang Hui's carefully planned routine, however, he discovers that he cannot throw off the grip of fate. He will have to face the death of the being he loves the most, even if he tries to avoid fate, even if there are thousands of plans, he cannot escape the arrangements established by life.
A disturbed man enters a room and, unbeknownst to others, is having psychotic episodes.
Short animation by Alina Maliszewska about two lovers trying to kill themselves
Antonia and Zeno struggle with their marriage during a surreal dinner - while a mysterious Aztec whistle seems to be influencing their actions.
Sienna struggles with dreams of an unknown and scary place after receiving a dress that belonged to her late grandmother, who commited suicide years ago
A man, alone in a bathroom, gets ready to go out. He's stopped in his tracks when he trips on his bathroom scale. Desperate to rid his body's imperfections, he decides to weigh himself, to devastating consequences.
On her birthday, a young girl finds herself in the company of a guilt-ridden and emotionally detached family, where each member grapples with personal challenges in an attempt to rise above their troubles.
This 3-minute short film by Iain Delavan was created at a dark time in his life. In his usual abstract and expressive style, Delavan depicts an unsettling scene of a character committing self-harm, set against the backdrop of an interpolation of Lizzy McAlpine's 'doomsday'.
In 1999, 11-year-old Nisha Platzer lost her older brother, Josh, to suicide. Twenty years later, her search for a specialized medical treatment leads her to the door of someone who was once exceptionally close to Josh. And so it is that she finally has the chance to truly know her brother through his chosen family. Captured over five years in which synchronicities continually manifested, Platzer’s documentation of these encounters gently asserts that both grieving and healing are meant to be communal experiences.
Alex Anna’s body is a canvas: her scars come to life to tell a new story of self-harming.
A young couple are expecting a new born but one of them has an unexpected turn in life
A fist-person story of the director of the documentary, who talks about the loneliness that entails living with an eating disorder and her vision now thar she is entering into adulthood.
A man battles with different sides of himself in this colorful and catchy one-man musical directed by Henry MacLean and Jordan Gustafson
Toxic masculinity has come to a head and this story explores the consequences not just for women, but for men. The phrase "toxic masculinity" is thrown around flippantly, and its potential root causes are very rarely explored. When a person is plagued with jealousy, they are willing to do almost anything in order to acquire what they desire. Our protagonist, August, internalizes the relationship that his best friend Wren shares with his girlfriend Julia as a direct, personal attack on him and his identity. Due to the fact August is not getting the same amount of attention and affection that he is used to from Wren, he goes behind Wren's back to manipulate Julia. August's internalized turmoil triggers an out-of-body experience that then drives him to make intimidating, coerced advances toward the people he loves.
In 2011, Maine State Prison launched a pioneering reform program to scale back its use of solitary confinement. Bafta and Emmy-winning film-maker Dan Edge and his co-director Lauren Mucciolo were given unprecedented access to the solitary unit - and filmed there for more than three years. The result is an extraordinary and harrowing portrait of life in solitary - and a unique document of a radical and risky experiment to reform a prison. The US is the world leader in solitary confinement. More than 80,000 American prisoners live in isolation, some have been there for years, even decades. Solitary is proven to cause mental illness, it is expensive, and it is condemned by many as torture. And yet for decades, it has been one of the central planks of the American criminal justice system.
Rex, a DJ, is convinced he can find a better 'sound' for his work by experimenting with deafness.
Real blood, piercings, and erotic visuals.