Film Categories: Mental Health

  • Golden Years

    Eve, an unhappy but successful sex worker who is saving money for surgery, discovers an abandoned baby. With the good but poorly formulated intentions of Joe – a strange client with a Christmas fetish – the couple decide to raise the baby.

  • Stick it in

    “Stick it in” is a short sharp visual sting of a heart shattered.

  • Bridge Kids

    In the near future there are no adults, a tree house becomes a door to another dimension, and rocks release intuitive powers. Documentary, historiography and mythology collide and transform in a 16mm film showing a world of telepathic children interpreting technologies. A meditation and absurd collage of media, sci-fi cliché, and performance, “Bridge Kids” connects a research documentary on J.B Rhine and the history of ESP/ Parapsychology, with a science fiction drama portraying an adolescent’s connection with the dead.

  • ABSTRACT RANDOM “NEW WORLD ORDER” feat. AYO LEILANI!

    Abstract Random’s response to the G20, Toronto, featuring Ayo Leilani! “All who were affected by the terror of the G20, and all who continue to live life in hardship throughout the world, NEVER GIVE UP! May we continue to spread the truth and awaken minds through love.” – AR Abstract Random is a live-experimental-electro-dub-hop-bring back cool feminist-political group, based out of Toronto, Canada. AR is usually found in bright face paint and under video projections. AR is also available for live performance bookings with visual accompaniment.

  • Cinco Minutos (Five Minutes)

    When you spend your entire life next to someone, all the time in the world isn’t enough to say goodbye.

  • I’m Just Anneke

    “I’m Just Anneke” is a portrait of a 12-year-old girl who loves ice hockey and has a loving, close-knit family. Anneke is also a hardcore tomboy and everybody she meets assumes she’s a boy. The onset of puberty has created an identity crisis for Anneke. Does she want to be a boy or a girl when she grows up, or something in between? To give her more time to make a decision, her doctor has put her on Lupron, a hormone blocker that temporarily freezes her body in a pre-pubescent state. Despite rejection by her friends and struggles with suicidal…

  • Family Journey: Raising Gender Nonconforming Children, The

    “The Family Journey: Raising Gender Nonconforming Children” charts the emotional and intellectual transformations parents and siblings must make in order to successfully nurture their gender nonconforming family members. In frank, vulnerable interviews, families from all over the country speak about the power of love and acceptance to help their unusual children thrive. They also come to realize that loving a gender nonconforming child, in the face of ignorance, and sometimes hostility, has turned them into more compassionate human beings.

  • High Level Bridge, The

    Edmonton’s High Level Bridge has a morbid notoriety; it’s a frequent spot for suicides. Anderson pays homage to the people and events surrounding an odd landmark. Selected screenings: Toronto International Film Festival, 2010; AFI Fest Official Selection 2010, Honorable Mention for Best Live Action Short Film; Sundance 2011 “Edmonton’s High Level Bridge is a frequent spot for suicides. Trevor Anderson documents the bridge’s history and its place in collective psychology with insight and wit. Finding humour in dark territory, The High Level Bridge showcases chilling shots of the North Saskatchewan River, and pays homage to the people and events surrounding…

  • Holding Hands

    Craig and Shane were holding hands when they fell victim to a brutal hate crime. Through speaking out about the lack of police investigation, their courage led to important changes at their local police station. ‘Holding Hands’ follows a challenging year in this inspiring couples’ life: triumphantly leading the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade as community heroes, struggling to recover from the physical, financial and psychological costs of a hate crime, and ultimately revealing the healing power of love. At its heart, Craig and Shane’s story reveals that even in the worst circumstances, we can all create positive change.

  • little prayer (H-E-L-P), a

    “Images of Houdini bound in chains flicker and spin amid laceration marks created through hand-processing.” – Vanessa O’Neill, San Francisco Int. Film Festival The images of Houdini chained and attempting to free himself: the stop-and-start (interruption-repetition) of his actions; the high-contrast of the images; the stroboscopic effect created by the rhythm of the shutter; the gashes in the emulsion from the hand-processing – combined with the layers of sound, all evoke the violence of a tortured soul in search of escape. NB: View in total darkness to appreciate full flicker effect. Image description: A grainy, sepia-tinted image of Houdini hanging…