Animated shorts are a powerful medium for addressing mental health issues, offering a unique and often visually compelling way to explore complex emotions and inner struggles. These films vividly depict experiences like anxiety, depression, trauma and personal growth, often capturing the nuance of these conditions in ways that words alone cannot. By destigmatising mental health struggles the films also serve as a valuable tool for raising awareness, fostering conversations and promoting understanding about emotional well-being. And apart from anything else – they will make you laugh and make you cry!
Our panellists – Steven Fraser, Ivyy Chen, Joseph Whitmore and Robyn Wisker-Stilling will be in attendance after the screening to talk about these astounding and heart-felt films.
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Prosopagnosia – Steven Fraser, UK
Sketchbooks, photographs and diaries are intricately unravelled to tell a unique and personal story of living with face-blindness.
2021 10’15 min
Isle of Chair – Ivyy Chen, UK
On a secluded island, a chair has fallen down. A poetic, sombre animation dedicated to anyone experiencing troubled times.
2020 6’00 min
Miss Odd – Robyn Wisker-Stilling, UK
In private, everything is pink; Silent DJ Jolene is getting ready for a date to meet Theo. She is rehearsing and being her joyful self. Suddenly, this happy tune gets disrupted by her neighbour Camile, who calls her “Miss Odd”.
2024 4’45 min
The Struggles of Living with Tourette Syndrome – Jess Harvey & Isolde Godfrey, UK
At least 1 in 100 children have Tourette Syndrome. Many of these are unable to access medical care. Imagine your child being in physical pain, yet you are unable to get support for them, as there is no service for Tourettes locally.
2024 4’25 min
Coming Out Autistic – Steven Fraser, UK
A short animated documentary that explores the experience of telling the world that you are autistic when you also identify as LGBTQ+.
2022 4’00 min
God Bless You – Joseph Whitmore, UK
A harrowing depiction of a childhood experience of alcoholism and its impact on interfamily relationships and mental health.
2023 5’50 min
Whatever Moves is Alive – Noémie Marsily, Belgium
While slugs wander across the kitchen floor, Noémie draws up her self-portrait, shifting and fragmented, on the edge between the intimate and the hubbub of the world.
2022 11’00 min
Learning Disabilities in Primary Care – Ivyy Chen, UK
People with learning disabilities often experience worse physical and mental health. This film is a starting point to address these inequalities.
2022 6’10 min
Just One Pint – Lauren Hammersley, UK
Haley, a 23-year-old girl, uses alcohol to deal with the emotional trauma of a break-up from an abusive ex-boyfriend.
2024 5’40 min
Something New – Ivyy Chen, UK
A beautiful depiction of young people’s approach to dealing with the challenges of lockdown, across the globe.
2023 2’40 min
Living with It – Holly Summerson, UK
Perfectionist Lee must adapt to the imperfect reality of living with an illness – brought to life as a chaotic supernatural flatmate.
2023 6’55 min
What it Feels like – Steven Fraser, UK
Voice hearing is a common mental health condition that many individuals live with. This film investigates the emotional imagery behind the words that people unwillingly hear.
2018 3’00 min
Procrastination – Johnny Kelly, UK
An investigative and exploratory hands-on gloves-off study into the practice of putting things off.
2007 4’15 min
Our Funding Partners
With Special Thanks to the Arts Council England
Event supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.
Venue
The Horse Hospital is a three tiered progressive arts venue in London providing an encompassing umbrella for the related media of film fashion, music and art. For more information about The Horse Hospital and how to get there, find out more.
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