Mental Health Awareness
Mental illness and mental wellness exist on different spectrums. You can be mentally well and have a mental illness. You can be mentally unwell, but not have a mental illness. This watchlist highlights serious mental illness, burnout, anxiety and wellness through documentary, drama, animation and experimental film.
Frozen Out
Topics Covered
Immigration
Content Heads Up
Brief reference to homophobia
Representation
East Asian, Man / male, Immigrant
Film Style
Drama
Out Beyond
Topics Covered
Burnout
Content Heads Up
Representation
South Asian, Man / male, High school age
Film Style
Drama
Meditations Between Us
Topics Covered
Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder, Social Connections
Content Heads Up
Depiction of hallucinations
Representation
Animated and/or ambiguous
Film Style
Animation, Experimental
Where Is My Thought Now?
Topics Covered
Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder
Content Heads Up
Depiction of alcohol consumption and smoking, mentions of hospitalization; discussion of psychiatric medications and side effects
Representation
White, Woman / female, Older adult
Film Style
Documentary
Are You Hungry?
Topics Covered
Bullying, Burnout, Eating Disorders
Content Heads Up
Depiction of verbal abuse, strong language, brief vomiting
Representation
Black, Woman / female, Athlete
Film Style
Drama
Crane
Topics Covered
Psychosis
Content Heads Up
Depictions of hospitalization; a person experiencing delusions. Description of auditory hallucinations
Representation
East Asian, White, Adult, Child / Children, In-Patient
Film Style
Drama
Fortune Cookie
Topics Covered
Bullying, Burnout
Content Heads Up
Representation
Animated and/or ambiguous
Film Style
Animation, Stop Motion