Mental Health Movies

"Video by Bill Etra, early to mid 1970s, perhaps at the WNET TV Lab?"

Johnny, a shy teen and his imaginary opposite fighting for control of the body. As Johnny's confidence rises, so does his anger. What happens when...

A young man sets out to challenge the world and himself after a hard partying. Along his manic journey, he encounters his Sancho Panza, the party...

Grappling with relentless intrusive thoughts and Harm OCD, Jess faces a terrifying drive. As her anxiety mounts, Jess retreats to the safety of a...

In order to prepare himself for rejection, Mark Cronin makes a film documenting all the possible ways he can get rejected by his crush. Along the...

A dream character tries to sell telepathic devices on a dream TV network, only to be confronted with a poetic existential crisis!

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...

An exploration of the human psyche, Blue takes the viewer on a journey alongside its main character, through the mundanity of life itself, while he...

A teenager struggling with self-harm is recommended multiple alternatives by a therapist but each to no avail. The next suggestion? To care for a...

A man opens up about his fears in a long-overdue therapy session, only to learn there is something deeply more sinister to be afraid of.

Based off the novella of the same name, Ezra Roscoe's "The King In Yellow" is the tale of the unknown, and what can happen if one is unprepared to...

In this short we’re reminded of the universal importance of mental health and how reconnection to ancestral knowledge and ways of being serve...

This intimate, reflective tale flows through the unsteady ups and downs, joys and despairs, that is womanhood. Following the story of a beautiful...

Nina, a 30 year-old comedian, is haunted by an embarrassing viral video that left her in a creative slump. After abandoning her office job, with the...

Kren's second film and the first he cut according to a strictly serial, sequence technique: in various frame sizes, the 48 portraits from the Szondi...

With Noémi Mercier, we explore the blind spots of high-level sport. Performance anxiety, eating disorders, psychological violence and...

An exploration of the complexity of mental wellbeing through the eyes of men today.