Tag

Mental health

361–380 of 707 films

  • Mercury’s Retrograde

    2020 16+ 7 min

    by Zohar Dvir

    A millennial is relying on her magic 8-ball to make sense of a chaotic life. Her non stopping questions cause her to fall through the sofa into her unconsciousness. When realising her 8-ball disappeared, she sets out on a journey to find it, encountering different aspects of herself. A satire about a never ending quest towards self realisation, self improvement, and life’s answers.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Merche Blasco

    2020 16+ 9 min

    by Tom Bergmann, Anna Samo

    In this love letter to artists, their art, and their audience, a filmmaker is confronted with rejection after rejection until, at last, a beautiful fig tree bears sweet fruits. ‘Conversations with a Whale’ was created directly under the camera lens, using various analog animation techniques

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Memory Theater

    2020 16+ 5 min

    by Hahm Heeyoon, Hee-yoon Hahm

    Theatrical stage takes place in a foreign space and reveals a feast of different forms of memories.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • mekakure

    2019 16+ 6 min

    by Akifumi Nonaka

    Shun regretted this. He still can’t understand why he was playing with these four who are not really friends, nor actually people he likes. The unbearable heat and the heavy atmosphere at the shrine deepen Shun’s depression.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Mega Sexy Robot Dinosaur

    2019 Adults 4 min

    by Paul Allen

    This is going to make you feel uncomfortable.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Me Who Is Not Me

    2012 16+ 7 min

    by Pegah Izadian

    A short film about conflict between a man and his shadow…

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • by Bianca Scali

    Mathieu is weighed down by many questions which put him in a heavy state. But as he gives in to his sadness, the rain becomes tears and his tears become rain. He becomes one with his sadness. It’s his time to dance, and the tears accompany him.

    • Music Videos
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Maternal Awakening

    2021 16+ 5 min

    by Shiika Okada

    I was heading to junior high school one day when my maternal instincts suddenly kicked in. After being held hostage to those urges for a decade, I started to wonder if this feeling was really about motherliness. Virgin birth, genes, pregnancy… I journey through 10 years in search of the maternal.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Experimental
  • MATCHES

    2019 16+ 11 min

    by Géza M. Tóth

    While playing with his colorful matchsticks, a little boy is talking about his dreams, fears and hopes..

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • by Diego Rotmistrovsky

    Accompanied by a familiar melody, the Argentinian video clip draws us into the vortex of a world whose animation is based on the magic of the zoopraxinoscope. Combined with other animation techniques, the result is an unusual work using not only a fascination with primordial animation devices, but also hand-drawn or stop-motion animation.

    • Music Videos
    • Experimental
    • Dance
  • Mark Lotterman – Happy

    2017 16+ 7 min

    by Alice Saey

    People should be happy. Even this Egyptian goose, who tries to cast a spell on us with a seductive dance. Its gracious and clumsy movements captivate us. But it’s not the only one to master the dance.

    • Drama
    • Music Videos
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Marilyn Myller

    2013 Adults 6 min

    by Mikey Please

    Marilyn is trying really hard to make something that is good. For once her expectations and reality are going to align, perfectly. No, it will be even better than she imagined. It will be epic. It will be tear jerkingly profound. It will be perfecter than perfect. Nothing can go wrong.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • Mano

    2023 13+ 7 min

    by Toke Madsen

    On a slow morning near the outskirts of a Danish city, two brothers learn to take care of themselves. Due to their neglectful mother the older brother feels the need to protect his younger sibling from the struggles of a dysfunctional family. In this broken home a rash decision leads to an unpleasant confrontation.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
  • Mamahotel

    2018 16+ 6 min

    by Tina Orosz

    A boy returns home to care for his sick mother and introduce his girlfriend to the family — but the dear mama is less than pleased with the unexpected guest.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • Mamie

    2016 16+ 6 min

    by Janice Nadeau

    Mamie lives in Gaspésie in a house that faces away from the sea. When the old woman receives an expropriation notice, her cloistered world crumbles. Her granddaughter witnesses this uprooting and starts to question the lack of real ties between them.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
  • Making Of – 27 by Flora Anna Buda

    2024 All audiences 7 min

    by Flora Anna Buda

    Flora Anna Buda, the director of 27, the multi-award-winning film, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film. 27 won many awards including the Palme d’Or for a short film at the Festival de Cannes and the Cristal for best animated short at the Annecy Film Festival.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Experimental
    • Making of
  • Lucia

    2004 10+ 8 min

    by Felix Gönnert

    Wandering about the hospital by night, Lucia discovers several x-rays. The image of a skull sparks her imagination and dream and reality begins to blur…

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Lotus Lantern

    2017 16+ 7 min

    by Calvin Xingpei Shen, Xingpei Shen

    A peek into the wax lotus. Lotus Lantern is a tribute to late Chinese singer Zhou Xuan, a missing link between filmmaker’s queer identity and Chinese heritage.

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Lost Senses

    2013 16+ 6 min

    by Marcin Wasilewski

    A short story about an encounter in an abstract world, stylized as the paintings of Giorgio De Chrico. A Man is going to meet A Woman in abstract flying city. Will the lovers meet each other? A Man is trying very hard, like a parkour practitioner, climbing up on the buildings. One unguarded moment is enough to make him lose his senses. And his chance.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative