Movies: Mental illness

A tribute to Karen Anne Carpenter, the late American singer, and drummer whose soft, melancholy voice captivated millions....

Public safety short about the dangers to children who accept rides from strangers...

Creeping from the halls of the maze brain, corruption and terror is woven by devils born from the denied errors of mankind....

An unflinching documentary of those dealing with mental illness in the criminal justice system and a profile of families who tragically fell victims to that system....

An insight into the mind of a mentally ill and drug-addicted artist....

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Two estranged brothers, one a drug addict, the other, a schizophrenic, struggle to face their demons in the streets of Baltimore....

A program about Ted Gärdestad and his music with archival images from his entire musical career and newly made interviews with people who have influenced and were influenced by Ted's music....

When Rasmus was 15, his mother and siblings moved from the island Bornholm and left Rasmus with his mentally ill father. Influenced by his father's insecurity, anger and failure, Rasmus chooses to move from Bornholm at the age of 18. Two years later,...

On the Franco-belgian border, there's a unique place that takes in children with mental and social problems. Day after day, the adults try to understand the enigma that each one of them represents and, without ever imposing anything on them, invent t...

Mental discomfort is a field yet to be discovered. Where is the borderline between peculiarity and mental illness?...

About confusion and fear of the incomprehensible, deviations, and about mental illness as a phenomenon....

A depressed man spirals as he struggles to open up about his mental health. James, a mid-20s modern day man, has battled with anxiety and depression for an unknown amount of time. It’s unclear what caused is and the solution is even more ambiguous. ...

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In this short film, a father (Ben Cable) tries to explain his wife's mental illness to his daughter (Sierra Nottingham)....

A woman tormented by her depression and the monster in the mirror seeks refuge and finds a rare moment of honesty with herself....

FC Pol Positiu are on a 2 year unbeaten streak in a league made up of players with mental illnesses. On their journeys as a unit and as individuals they contend with hospital admissions, the pressure of the game and what it means to be a team that ac...

Mae Driver, once driven and full of aspirations, now lives day to day needling away her time until she can escape into sleep. With the aid of a dated VHS tape, she falls into a dream world where she can distract herself from the fear of stagnation wi...

A taxi driver kicks a homeless woman out of his car. It'll be a long night until he can make amends....

A cheating wife goes off the deep end when her side piece finds love with a single woman....