Movies: Self harm

In 2011, Maine State Prison launched a pioneering reform program to scale back its use of solitary confinement. Bafta and Emmy-winning film-maker Dan Edge and his co-director Lauren Mucciolo were given unprecedented access to the solitary unit - and ...

18-year-old Kathleen is fresh out of foster care. Her departure coincides with the death of her biological mother, so she returns to her hometown to take ownership of her mother’s house. She gets a job and even a friend; but the emptiness of Kathlee...

Antonia and Zeno struggle with their marriage during a surreal dinner - while a mysterious Aztec whistle seems to be influencing their actions....

Best friends turned soulmates, Fang Hui and Lin Xi dreamed of forever—until their perfect world began to crack....

Rex, a DJ, is convinced he can find a better 'sound' for his work by experimenting with deafness....

After her boyfriend leaves for the night, a curious young woman is left alone to deal with the horrors of her mental health....

A man, alone in a bathroom, gets ready to go out. He's stopped in his tracks when he trips on his bathroom scale. Desperate to rid his body's imperfections, he decides to weigh himself, to devastating consequences....

Sienna struggles with dreams of an unknown and scary place after receiving a dress that belonged to her late grandmother, who commited suicide years ago...

Not wanting to die in a body that repulses him, Lev, a trans college student, resorts to the most extreme measures possible....

Alex Anna’s body is a canvas: her scars come to life to tell a new story of self-harming....

A man battles with different sides of himself in this colorful and catchy one-man musical directed by Henry MacLean and Jordan Gustafson...

On her birthday, a young girl finds herself in the company of a guilt-ridden and emotionally detached family, where each member grapples with personal challenges in an attempt to rise above their troubles....

Short animation by Alina Maliszewska about two lovers trying to kill themselves...

A teenage boy with possible self-harm behavior is allowed to use the school auditorium alone to record a video but after strange events and threats he has to gain control of both his mind and own destiny....

Real blood, piercings, and erotic visuals....

"Split" is a horror release from directors Jack Mulvanerty and White Gardenia, two extreme horror films from two critically acclaimed extreme horror directors....

A man goes through his daily routine, long after it has begun to destroy him....

Amir’s life with his beautiful girlfriend looks perfect but in reality, he is harbouring a dark secret he knows no one will understand – ever since he can remember he has felt his left leg doesn’t belong to him. Plagued with visions of a rotting leg ...

A short experimental documentary film about a teenager who suffers from mental health issues as a result of childhood bullying....

This 3-minute short film by Iain Delavan was created at a dark time in his life. In his usual abstract and expressive style, Delavan depicts an unsettling scene of a character committing self-harm, set against the backdrop of an interpolation of Lizz...