Classmates called his little sister 'stupid,' so he wrote this for her....

Gifted

Three Georgians with cerebral palsy fight to live life on their own terms. But as their families bind together, state policy tries to tear them apart.

6,000 Waiting

A single mother's battle with addiction and the lasting effect it has on her and her son. - (Based on a true story.)

Awaken

From intense rehearsals to tearful goodbyes, Becoming Unlimited documents the creation of a multi-ability dance production. Behind the scenes, the team confronts difficult realizations; after the production, participants talk about its impact. As we witness both the struggles and the exhilaration, viewers are challenged to question perceptions of artistry, ability, and integration.

Becoming Unlimited

Alma, a young black teenager recovering from Bulemia meets Noa, new roommate at an eating disorder treatment center. Seemingly, the two could not be more different, yet they will soon find they have more in common than they realize. ​ Based on a true story, Blackbird tells the narrative of hope, trauma recovery, and truth through finding connection.

Blackbird

'Doomer Diaries' is an animated short film that represents the fear and worries of my generation, living in the 21st century: an age of anxiety.

Doomer Diaries

A mother investigates the silent epidemic of childhood drowning after losing her son. She documents her transformative journey of grief channeled into purpose to stop this preventable tragedy from happening to other families.

Drowning in Silence

In a world gone crazy, a young woman discovers that her madness is a fierce and powerful gift that makes her more fully human. This intimate feature documentary follows the filmmaker's 21-year-old-daughter’s mind-opening journey from locked-down psych ward and countless medications towards expansive worlds of creativity, connection and greater meaning. On her journey of self-discovery, we learn how madness has meaning that goes far beyond brain chemistry and recovery is not a straight path to being cured but a crooked and bumpy journey and series of small awakenings. A grass-roots celebration of holistic care through self-awareness, family connection, supportive communities and peer-support, Drunk on Too Much Life shows how lasting healing and transformation happens on each of these levels simultaneously: in ourselves, our families, our communities, and our society at large.

Drunk On Too Much Life

Xiaomei is a heavy user of the beautyCam/filter and cannot extricate herself from the world dressed by the BeautyCam/filter. However, the unexpected visit of her mother forces her to face reality. But what is the reality? Who are we without the filter? What is our real appearance? The anxiety and confusion of contemporary young people fermented in the digital space. Will it quietly reform who we are in real life?

Filter

An Undergraduate Senior Thesis Short Film. A college freshman suffering from trauma and anxiety relies on her psychiatric service dog to help her get through the panic attacks and flashbacks. A group of fellow students question her legitimacy of needing a service dog, due to her not being visibly disabled.

Invisible Disability

Luna, the subject of this starkly intimate documentary, is like many other teenagers who have only known their young lives through the lens of psychiatric medication. Like them, she’s spent most of her childhood undergoing psychiatric tests and fluctuating treatments, many of which left her sick, or emotionally despondent. As a young child, Luna's parents separated suddenly, leaving her overwhelmed and deeply anxious. Luna didn’t understand what divorce was, and developed anxiety, mainly around separation from her parents. Luna’s father describes how her safety was undermined, as she had to move frequently, and didn’t know where she was going to be sleeping. Her mother, who was exhausted and desperate for a solution, sought professional help, and was soon sent down a diagnostic rabbit hole. Luna was medicated for anxiety at 7 years old. Soon after she was diagnosed and medicated for ADHD, and eventually depression. From a young age, Luna’s older brother Lee was deemed a naughty kid. His mother felt pressure from the school to "get him under control" for exhibiting what many would describe as typical childhood behavior. Lee was eventually diagnosed with ADHD and describes being diagnosed a heavy dosage of stimulants, which led him to experience numerous side effects and left him feeling like he wasn’t enough. A trained psychiatrist and director of a county health agency contextualizes the family's experiences as he describes how the system of psychiatric medicine is a business and is not set up properly to care for children. Through heartbreaking testimony from both Luna and Lee, this film depicts the human cost of the cut-throat pharmaceutical business, and delivers an often untold perspective on the childhoods lost due to the overprescription of psychiatric medication.

Luna

Anami is transported to a beautiful forest during a needed meditation in which they confront the truths of their mortality. Meeting With The Void explores how one finds self-love in the midst of chaos/existentialism. In a parallel dimension, a forest is torn down.

Meeting With The Void

VERA, a 33-year-old Filipino-American born and raised in New York, deals with her estranged father PABLO, who has dementia. She hires JHASON, a Filipino nurse who is new in the city, but soon realizes that Jhason is not just who he says he is and that her father has a secret that he has been trying all his life to keep, and now, finally, to forget. It is a secret that haunts Pablo, that drives Jhason to seek revenge – a secret that makes Vera question everything she thinks she knows about herself.

Never Forget

Mental health may be invisible to some people, but for many people, it plays a large role in their college experience. This documentary film highlights the impacts of mental health on students at Keene State College.

Shouting at the Walls

When 15 year old Mary died by suicide her parents were met with shame and stigma. They refused to be silent.

Solstice

Social anxiety (also known as social phobia) is a form of anxiety, defined as the intense fear of being watched or judged by others.Experiencing social anxiety is common for many people ,especially during the pandemic or post pandemic.This short film talks about the inspirational journey of the protagonist ,how he overcomes the social anxiety disorder and meet his lady love .

The Anxious

Their names are Tiphanie, Denis, Salem, Morgane, Yafit, Lakhdar, Véronique... and they live in the Specialized reception home "Le Grand Saule" in Montfermeil (France). They are multi-handicapped adults. In a few months, they will move into their new home which they will discover though a series of workshops following the growth of the building site.

The Big Tree

He was a convict turned Rabbi, she was a sex-addicted housewife... Together, they saved thousands of lives in recovery

The Jewish Jail Lady and The Holy Thief

In the documentary, 11 formerly stuttering people aged 9 - 30 years tell of their daily, painful experiences around stuttering with its limitations. Stuttering affects 1% of the world's population. They all felt powerless at the mercy of stuttering and were looking for a way out. The therapy odyssey of the affected people, which sometimes lasted for years, left its traces, destroyed hope and made a vision of the future according to one's own ideas impossible. In the worldwide unique therapy concept against stuttering "D.E.L.P.H.I.N.", they found the solution for their goal to overcome stuttering. The comprehensive transformation from stuttering to normal speech is life-changing. How much speaking means life becomes visible through the deeply touching stories. Experts from the fields of psychotherapy, medicine and politics comment from their perspective on the scope of the disease of stuttering and the liberation and development of potential that has become possible.

To speak is to live - Freed from stuttering

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