Nocturnes(2018)

Don't Worry, I'm Fine(fr)

A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story(en)

The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.

Briciole(it)

Paula(es)

At only fourteen years old, Paula hates her body. In an attempt to express what she feels, Paula creates a blog and becomes part of a large virtual community that shares her problems. Shelter in anonymity, she uploads content recorded with her cell phone, exposing her friends and family. The feeling of belonging blinds Paula, who begins to walk a lonely path in which bulimia and anorexia lurk as alternatives in the search for self-acceptance.

A l'Aube d'un Renouveau(fr)

In this farewell letter to Ana (aka Anorexia), I reveal the suffering associated with this illness. I express my desire to regain my freedom and vitality by sharing not only my progress but also my relapses. Through the interweaving of drawings and poetry, I share this quest for reconstruction, which I hope will help raise awareness of this mental illness and bring a little hope to people affected by it and those around them.

Point De Départ(en)

At a prestigious performing arts school, a teenage male ballet dancer desires to be at the top of his class while refusing to listen to his body.

Body(pl)

A busy attorney, worried that his anorexic daughter Olga, who is still grieving her recently deceased mother, might try to harm herself, sends her to see a psychiatrist who's dealing with her own loss in an unusual way.

From Reading Flaubert on a Gray Day(es)

This is the visit to an exhibition of painting and photography with the help of a girl named Claudia, and a sickness called Anorexia.

Live well(da)

A tale about anorexia.

More Than a Disorder(en)

Two young married adults with differing eating disorders share their experiences, insights, and stories of struggles, social expectations, misconceptions, and recovery.

My Obsessive Compulsive Childhood(en)

'Tom' from Birmingham, 22, - who did not wish to reveal his real name - had a traumatic childhood as his mother suffered from untreated mental illnesses including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), anorexia, and depression.

Do It With Your Brain(en)

Based in a multi-national school in the Caribbean the film takes us through 3 separate tales of how teenagers confront and overcome their fears, with a little help from fairies, forest guardians and goddesses, amongst others. The Good Goddess explains how her sister the Bad Goddess has almost filled up a magic well with children's tears. If the well overflows it would trigger a time where she could rule over the world with her evil magic. By transporting the children to the magic well and introducing them to pirates, guardians of the forest and demons they realize the root of their problems and vow to stop crying, saving the world from the Bad Goddess.

The Best Little Girl in the World(en)

Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-inducing vomiting, because of her inability to cope with family stress and because of social pressures.

Thynspo(en)

Teenage girls can be vicious, and even more so in the uncensored online world of the pro-eating disorder community. Chase is a die-hard fan of blogger Hannahrexia889. Hannah's methods may be harsh, but to these partners on a quest for perfection, "skinny is always worth it." While these girls only know each other online, their partnership in starving is strong. The two get closer, in a dysfunctional relationship that culminates in a disastrous night of antics in the city. Chase must realize that her social media celebrity idol Hannah is not really as strong as she seems online. But when your friendship is built on the values of pro-anorexia, "getting better" doesn't always mean what you think.

Ana(pt)

Teenage swimmer Olivia's main goal is to enter and win the Brazilian National Swimming Championship: an already-difficult task, made harder by her struggle with anorexia and the daily pressures of family and friends. However, her friend Ana seems to approve of her idea of persisting in illness.

Full(en)

Jamie is a young man who suffers from both anorexia and bulimia. His memories of being teased for being over-weight coupled with people's treatment of his sudden weight loss lead him to question his decisions for the first time. We are allowed into his reality and given insight into his perspective as he holds everyone at a distance while he examines the details of his disillusioned world. And this allows him to see just how paper thin the reality he has been living in truly is. "Full" is not about overcoming an eating disorder; it is about understanding an eating disorder, and how a young man comes to understand it.

Beautifully Damaged(en)

A young girls struggle with anorexia and the death of her mother, and her strained relationship with her father.

A Calling Void(en)

A Calling Void is a short documentary-drama that sheds light on the complexity of emotion, distortions of reality and desperate needs for control a young woman encounters during her struggle with anorexia. Limited screenings in Vancouver are pending further festival submissions.

For a Text(en)

Following the life of anorexic teen Tom Miller, a boy who wishes to be thinner.

Less(en)

A teen faced with anorexia attempts to divert from the harmful path that he has created for himself while he is faced with pressure from family, friends, and his own inner demons.