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In My Head

In My Head

Available: Oct 21, 2024 14:00
Until: Nov 23, 2024 23:59
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These films explore the intricate layers of the human psyche, shedding light on the struggles, resilience, and realities of living with mental health challenges.
I Am Not Ok I Am Not Ok

I Am Not Ok

A lonely man navigates working from home and his own mental struggles, while strange inconveniences push him deeper into uncertainty.
7 minutes
Kinnected Kinnected

Kinnected

After closing their eyes with thoughts of attempting suicide, Yin and Yang, estranged twins with polar opposite personalities, find themselves tied up together in a basement. Through this forced conversation, they meet with conflict and discover their identity. Their quarrel emerges into a connection, which begs the question: are there two women or is it the same woman experiencing inner turmoil with different versions of herself?
12 minutes
Pills Anecdotes: Royally Infamous Pills Anecdotes: Royally Infamous

Pills Anecdotes: Royally Infamous

Royal Infamous follows Rochelle, a woman that's recovering from a recent breakup turning to social media for self improvement and validation. With a box of pills in hand that can give you whatever you want, and a talk with a friend, she's left with a decision to fight through her pain or risk it all for comfort.
14 minutes
3 EASY STEPS 3 EASY STEPS

3 EASY STEPS

After her partner breaks up with her for refusing to acknowledge her increasingly debilitating ADHD, Jane journeys to the woods for a “self-help trip”. While in the woods, Jane fails spectacularly at all of her self-betterment tasks as her ADHD creeps in. Eventually she gives up and searches the internet for cheap, easy ways to change herself. Jane comes upon an article entitled “3 Easy Steps to Kill The Old You and Be Reborn”. As Jane begins to follow the steps, a window into a colorful world appears in front of her, with Silver Jane staring out. As the two versions of Jane become increasingly hostile towards each other, Jane is forced to confront her mental health as she wonders…will she really kill her old self to be reborn?
17 minutes
Losing Daphne Losing Daphne

Losing Daphne

Through recollections of his youth, a young man grapples with life's changes as his older sister spirals out of control due to paranoid schizophrenia.
7 minutes
HOME HOME

HOME

Seo-won navigates a fragmented reality filled with emotional encounters and haunting memories, seeking solace and clarity in her search for home.
16 minutes
Don't Make Sense Don't Make Sense

Don't Make Sense

The story of a young man battling with the addiction of self inflicting pain. This film seeks to raise the awareness and create dialogue for solutions to the mental health issues in the African American community.
5 minutes
Memoirs of a Bruised Mind Memoirs of a Bruised Mind

Memoirs of a Bruised Mind

A young writer embarks on an anxiety-filled journey of self-discovery and healing after summoning the courage to face her trauma and turn it into art. After years of suppressing pain caused by her childhood trauma, she strives to turn her wounds into words and find redemption through her craft.

MEMOIRS OF A BRUISED MIND is based on true events. Shania Banton, the writer and director of the film grew up with an emotionally and physically abusive mother. To cope with her pain she suppressed all her childhood memories. The trauma caused her to grow up quickly as she struggled to find herself during her transformative years. Memories of a Bruised Mind is a prequel to the pilot that continues the story about April seeking revenge through her writing and exploring the suicidal, abusive, and traumatic memories that fuel her.
12 minutes
Compulsive Kickback Compulsive Kickback

Compulsive Kickback

When an unforeseen circumstance occurs, Oscar must use his better judgement and coping mechanisms to ease his anxiety.
10 minutes
2 Truths & A Lie 2 Truths & A Lie

2 Truths & A Lie

An eccentric counselor helps a group of people who suffer from being too honest by teaching them how to lie.
16 minutes
The Puppet Show The Puppet Show

The Puppet Show

The Puppet Show is a dark comedy short film about coming to grips with the nature of existing. Barry, a down-on-his-luck primary school teacher, is putting on a puppet show for his school. This show is going to be his magnum opus, a masterpiece to prove to everyone he really is somebody. However, things fall apart when his star puppet, Larry, becomes self-aware and questions everything. From hilarity to insanity, the tension between man and puppet builds to a breaking point.
12 minutes

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