Shorts 4 Multi-Screening

On the Couch with My Depression

While struggling with her mental health, this girl finds all her plans flying out the window when her depression hits and she can't find the will to get off her couch.

Directed by Angharad Gladding

Starring Hope Houlton

New Zealand

Not Alone

A short film surrounding Mental Health. Highlighting the message "there'll always be someone who will listen."

Directed by Shae Beadman & Taryn Beadman

Australia

Treelines

Sick of helping people to fit into a socio-economic system he thought was broken, Ludwig fled into a forest — and stayed there for four years. Now, he helps others re-connect with their inner wildness.

Directed by Katie Revell

UK

The Universe According to Dan Buckley

In the beginning, there was nothing. You can get nothing easily.

Directed by Roberto Santaguida

Canada

Basic self-disturbances

Directed by Julian Nazario Vargas

Voices From the Invisible

Directed by Miriam Revesz

USA

TALK

Despite the connectivity of modern technology, a young woman struggles to ask for help.

Directed by Andrew Merrigan

Starring Jessy Ardern

Canada

Chatterbox

Jada struggles with anxiety. She suffers from panic attacks regularly. Her mind is always full with words however none of them ever seem to come out her mouth.This film depicts the difference between the outward perception in conjunction to the inner conflict and how it can skewer our vision.

Directed by Angharad Gladding

Starring Anna McKean

New Zealand

Milk of the Night (Nattens Smil)

In Milk of the Night we follow the friends Selma and Josefine, who live together in Copenhagen. Selma plays the classical harp and struggles to return to everyday life after being admitted to the psychiatric ward, and Josefine dreams of breaking through as an actress, but is often struck by resistance or despair. The film explores their quest for meaning in life, and delves into the existential questions it entails.

Through it all, they are young women with a great will and drive in life, who sometimes find it difficult to rest in the infinite presence of the present. Does perfection exist or are we as human beings on an eternal journey?

Directed by Lulu Roos

Denmark

Inhale,Exhale,Draw

Crumbling under the weight of chronic anxiety and depression, an artist and scholar cannot find reward in his many successes. Fighting his fears with pen and paper, he learns to use these tools as a way to help himself and others find health and resilience in meditative drawing.