Mental Health – Page 36 – Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

Arrival 1, Arrival 2

This experimental essay film springs from the final days of December 2020 when I moved from Chicago to Toronto. The film documents my move and then continues on alternate paths, weaving through the liminal spaces of borders, sickness, interpellation, and dreams. Content Note: This film contains extended discussions about fatphobia and disordered eating. Specifically, this film contains descriptions of food restriction, idealization of thinness, and intense emotional and physical pain after eating. After 11:41 there is no direct discussion of disordered eating. Flashing lights throughout. Loud noises throughout.

All Us Choir Boys

Peter has not left his apartment in two years and spends most of his time in video chat rooms. He fears that Dylan, an online hookup, has met a violent end. Day after day he hunts for the file of their last video chat so he can send it to the police. Vernon, a love interest from Peter’s former choir, wants him to get over his obsession and attend Vernon’s solo choir debut. Meanwhile, Peter’s therapist encourages him to explore past trauma rather than online fantasy. When Peter finds the file, he is shocked to his core. Now he must…

Face à ma fenêtre

An expressionistic exploration of agoraphobia and isolation. A young woman stares outside her window, summoning the courage to step outside.

How amazingly unlikely is your birth

What could a cosmology of one person’s life look like? A daughter examines the life and premature death of her father, who had a troubled relationship with the psychiatric medical establishment and was passionate about ecology, politics and space travel.

Film Categories: Mental Health