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Metamorphosis

2008

Based on 'Frank Kafka"s Metamorphose story, the documentary presents 2 metamorphosis of the present society: anorexia, as an disruption of our self-perception; depression, as an isolating illness ; and physically handicapped conditions, as mobility problems.

6.0

Ugly Me: My Life With Body Dysmorphia

2018

Documentary exploring body dysmorphic disorder, a condition which causes people to believe they are extremely ugly. The film follows 29-year-old Liane and her boyfriend Mitch over a year as Liane starts therapy to try and conquer this crippling condition. Each week Liane meets Professor David Veale, one of the world's leading experts on BDD, who attempts to undo some of her deeply entrenched habits, often leading to uncomfortable and revealing realisations. The documentary also hears from a range of people who are in recovery from BDD talking movingly about their own personal experiences helps illuminate Liane's journey and reveals more about this illness.

8.2

Light

2021

Documentary about eating disorders among professional climbers

9.0

FEMMEfille

2014

The story of Isabelle Caro, Oliviero Toscani's NO-Anorexia model who rose to fame after his campaign. Diving through different passages of time, with the aid of family photos as well as video diaries left behind, we see a kaleidoscope of Isabelle's life and the world that surrounded her.

0.0

Lucky Ducks

2009

A mother fed up with her spoiled daughter goes on a world wide search to figure out what mistakes have been made and how she can fix them.

8.7

Emma Wants to Live

2016

This is a Dutch documentary about the last weeks of life in a Portuguese clinic for Emma Caris, a 18 year old girl who had been suffering anorexia nervosa since she was 16 years old.

0.0

Arresting Ana

2009

This documentary offers an unprecedented access into anorexia's hidden underground and considers how legal and free-speech issues are contested in a new media landscape.

0.0

I Am Me

2020

Isabelle Pilling struggles with anorexia and learns to overcome her demons and embrace her life.

0.0

My Obsessive Compulsive Childhood

2013

'Tom' from Birmingham, 22, - who did not wish to reveal his real name - had a traumatic childhood as his mother suffered from untreated mental illnesses including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), anorexia, and depression.

0.0

The Thinnest Line

2022

A fist-person story of the director of the documentary, who talks about the loneliness that entails living with an eating disorder and her vision now thar she is entering into adulthood.

0.0

Mama Shekinah

2010

Colin, born in Bermuda, is feral. Hell deep in a life of drugs, jail, and sexual perversion, Colin falls in love with Hedi, who is hell deep in spiritual perfectionism, legalism and anorexia. They meet at an inner healing school in England. Eventually they marry, and travel throughout East Africa teaching grief and trauma recovery. One year later they are ambushed by child soldiers from the LRA. Colin is killed, and Hedi eventually returns with their two year old daughter to express forgiveness to the children who were abducted by the LRA

0.0

Thick & Thin

2022

Nikki is a plus size model who hits the streets of Chicago to ask questions and find answers about the distorted views of plus-size and size zero models. Through her journey she learns some truths about the demands of losing weight and the struggles of anorexia within the modeling community.

0.0

Det forbandede fedt

1999

2-part portrait of a girl suffering from anorexia and bulimia.

0.0

Funny and Fearless: Chelsea Tolle

2020

Comedian Chelsea Tolle tells her story of battling anorexia and addiction to chase her dream.

0.0

Farewell Happy Fields

2017

A young filmmaker struggles with her mental illness as she makes a documentary with the author Fiona Wright, and challenges her to express her experience with anorexia by preforming of one of her poems.

0.0

A Calling Void

2022

A Calling Void is a short documentary-drama that sheds light on the complexity of emotion, distortions of reality and desperate needs for control a young woman encounters during her struggle with anorexia. Limited screenings in Vancouver are pending further festival submissions.

0.0

Inside

2021

The animated documentary shows a day in life of a person suffering a mental illness called anorexia nervosa. It is an intimate insight into the mind of an anorexic, who must somehow interact with raw reality.

0.0

18 Years Old and I Think I'm Having a Heart Attack

2018

What does it feel like to have a panic attack? In this animated short from our Arts x Radio collaboration, Vancouver-based filmmaker and illustrator Karla Monterrosa animates a clip from CBC Radio'sCampus to imagine what it's like inside an 18-year-old's mind and body during her first attack.

0.0

The Story of Furious Pete

2010

At sixteen years old Peter Czerwinski was hospitalized and nearly died as a result of anorexia. Seven years later, not only has he won that battle, he is one the greatest competitive eaters in the world. This is the inspiring (and ironic story) of Furious Pete.

6.2

America The Beautiful

2008

In a society where "celebutantes" like Paris Hilton dominate newsstands and models who weigh less than 90 pounds die from malnutrition, female body image is one of the more dire problems facing today's society. "America the Beautiful" illuminates the issue by covering every base. Child models, plastic surgery, celebrity worship, airbrushed advertising, dangerous cosmetics - no rock is left unturned.

Genre	Documentary
Production Companies	SheArt, Salmon Pictures, SheArt Production
Production Ccountries	United States of America

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The Thinnest Line

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Thick & Thin

Det forbandede fedt

Funny and Fearless: Chelsea Tolle

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