Behind the Obvious highlights the complexities of daily life for those struggling with mental health disorders and non-obvious struggles.
Within the ambiguous safety of a service station, a concerned father and his scared daughter take refuge. Rachel lives with bipolar disorder and the invisibility of her condition has become all too real for both herself and Mark. What happens when they realise that neither of them could save her life? In collaboration with Bipolar UK, ‘Just in Case’ explores the harsh reality of what it’s really like to live with bipolar disorder.
Alex Anna’s body is a canvas : her scars come to life to tell a new story of self-harming. Live action and animation intertwine in this short and poetic documentary, both intimate and universal.
After answering a routine mental health survey trying to refill a prescription, a young woman accidentally triggers a suicide alert, and an overbearing caretaker robot is sent to supervise her for 48 hours. She thinks it was a mistake - she's not doing *that* badly, but maybe she needs a little more help than she thinks.
A homeless man wanders collecting sweaters through the streets until a little girl leads him to confront his reality.
It´s about the Tatiany life as an artist, who, due to her lack of her neurodiversity knowledge, deals many social barriers, which aggravats her health, but she finds through art and knowledge a chance to overcome it.
This contemporary Appalachian folktale recounts a woman’s attempt to escape her childhood monster, the Pottero. The journey forces her to reconcile with the place she came from and the monsters waiting for her there.
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