Health & Wellbeing
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The Mess
As Ellice gets low, her room gets messy - she never sees it coming, but it always happens. There seems to be no way to break out of the endless highs or lows that make up bipolar or even to pick up her clothes off the floor.
Fans of ’The Devil and Daniel Johnston‘ will like this.
Country: UK.
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Breakthrough
A documentary that aims to show how important it is to identify with our true selves and that we should not adjust to the way society demands.
Country: UAE.
Language: English. -
Tony & The Bull
A peek into the life of Tony, a former butcher, and his sole companion Scrunch, a fully-grown tea-bag stealing, cigarette munching, highland bull, who share a home together.
Fans of ‘Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends' will like this.
Country: UK.
Language: English. -
My dad's name was huw. He was an alcoholic poet.
An intimate and insightful animated documentary unraveling the state of mind of the director's late alcoholic father through the poems he left behind.
Fans of ‘Dylan Thomas‘ will like this.
Country: UK.
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This is Depression
A short, dark, animated film about the day the sky fell in and living with depression.
Fans of Dylan Thomas will like this.
Country: UK.
Language: English.
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We the Bathers
An intimate lens is held up to a series of fourteen disparate lives, leading us to consider how our bathing rituals might be shaped by our identities.
Country: UK.
Language: English. Subtitles available. -
The Swimming Club
A group of trans activists have set up a safe space swimming club. An ode to universal joys of swimming and the health benefits beyond fitness it provides.
Fans of ‘Paris Is Burning‘ will like this.
Country: UK.
Language: English. -
A Man And His Violin
A talented musician with schizophrenia deals with his mental health issues while surviving on the street.
Fans of 'Jesco White' and classical music will like this.
Country: Canada.
Language: French-Canadian. Subtitles available. -
A Life Like Water
A personal insight into the life of the director's 80-year-old father as he reflects on what makes a good life.
Country: UK.
Language: English. -
Self Portrait
A frank and insightful portrait of a woman takes a close look at the opinions and influences that have shaped her self-image.
Country: Canada.
Language: English. -
Hoan Alone
Milwaukee's Hoan Bridge is one of the city's most recognisable landmarks. It's also a popular site for suicides.
Fans of ’The Bridge’ will like this.
Country: USA.
Language: English. -
Jelly Brain
Following a traumatic brain injury Debra was thrown into a new twisted reality she did not understand. Through the unwavering love of her family, Debra will attempt to accept the implications of her injury, search for hope and unearth a new her as a person and a mother.
Country: UK.
Language: En... -
To Laugh, To Live
Comedian David Downs was told he’d be dead within months, so he turned to pioneering science - and humour - to survive.
Country: New Zealand.
Language: English.
Warning: Viewers might find upsetting. -
Broken: A Sockumentary
Broken: A Sockumentary' explores the universal nature of heartbreak through interviews with real people and their stories, as told through socks.
Country: Australia.
Language: English. -
Little But Fierce
Madison is a resilient little girl with a rare disease whose mother is forced to turn to the black market to buy her medicine.
Country: USA.
Language: English. -
The Anxiety Attack
A documentary about overcoming life with anxiety.
Country: USA.
Language: English. -
Insecure
The true stories of 5 female journalists who were harassed at their workplace. Through a series of interviews, "Insecure" takes a closer look at the fear of judgment, society, and victim-blaming.
Country: Egypt.
Language: Arabic. Subtitles available.
Warning: Some viewers may find disturbing/off...
