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Showing 1 - 10 of 11 titles with a criteria of Subject is Fear and Anxiety


Brave Miss World 

Israeli beauty queen Linor Abargil was abducted and raped in Milan, Italy two months before being crowned Miss World in 1998. Ten years later, she's ready to talk about it, and to encourage others to speak out.

Women Make Movies | 2013 | 88 minutes

Feeling the Apocalypse

A psychotherapist struggling with climate anxiety explores what it means to live in a dying world.

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 7 minutes

Fighting Their Fears: Child and Youth Anxiety

Through interviews with experts and three young people, this compelling documentary outlines the causes, symptoms and treatments for anxiety disorders.

National Film Board of Canada | 2004 | 42 minutes

G is for Gun

Explores both sides of the highly controversial trend of arming teachers and staff in America's K-12 schools.

Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 27 minutes

The Great Malaise

In the voiceover for this animated short, a young woman attempts to describe herself, casting her life in the ideal light that society expects.

National Film Board of Canada | 2019 | 5 minutes

The Hidden Face of Fear

Neuroscientists and psychologists are approaching a common understanding of how the brain's fear circuitry works, and changes.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 53 minutes

Ida's Diary

A young Norwegian woman with Borderline personality disorder, struggling with a turbulent emotional life, keeps a video diary to ease her mind and to structure her thoughts.

First Hand Films | 2014 | 56 minutes

If Only Night Wouldn't Fall

To prevent anxiety and optimize their wellbeing, an increasing number of people across the Western world use data technology. But what is actually measured when collecting data about our mental state, and what gets lost in this quest for our optimal selves? 

Andana Films | 2023 | 82 minutes

Secret Fear

Explores the full spectrum of anxiety-related disorders, from panic attacks and phobias to obsessive compulsive disorder.

The Fanlight Collection | 1997 | 52 minutes

Two Kids a Day

Kids taken from their homes and interrogated, violating international law. Almost all of the children are convicted and sent to prison. Behind the official reasoning there’s an underlying systemic motive: when a child is jailed, its family won’t make any noise. Three of the children, adults today, watch their own arresting interviews on webcam recordings and speak about their imprisonment. In 2023, Israel's government wants to censor the film.

First Hand Films | 2022 | 90 minutes