Movies: Anxiety

A 2023 Perth Anthology Feature Film. Four directors come together to create and dissect an exploration of mental health through four short, but horrifying stories and genres; Sci-Fi, Gothic, Fantasy, and Psychological....

A star athlete has to come to terms with her debilitating grief to regain her confidence and finish her race....

Odd is terrified of his head, until one day he falls in love with Gunn who is both fearless and happy in life. Odd's life is turned upside down and he is freed from his worries in the most unexpected way....

At a wild high school party, a teenager's insecurities manifest in the form of a mischievous sock puppet....

Locked out of the school art room, a creative non-binary teen named Frog grapples with anxiety as they seek a new place to eat lunch. Imagination blurs with reality in this hybrid work of live action and animation about finding a place to belong....

When Kendra is admitted into group therapy, she becomes overly competitive about completing her weekly goals....

Obscure is a short film that addresses, through a personal narrative, the director's first contact with depression and anxiety....

Three neighbors, all with OCD, each navigate a day of rituals and ruminations—until a tense encounter with a suspected car thief outside their apartment building brings their inner worlds together....

A small bird with a fear of flying tries to avoid heading South for the winter....

Switch On is a short horror film that juggles questions about the pressures the modern-day education system places on young students and the effects this has on them. The heart of the story is Alexander, a young student plagued by insomnia and anxiet...

Eighteen-year-old Alex is in the throes of his transition. When his best friend abandons a joint venture to assert their identity he’s forced to confront his anxieties before entering the unknown alone....

While struggling to emotionally detach from the deceased, a crime scene cleaner believes a monstrous presence is toying with him....

The Cordura Island lighthouse keeper is left alone when his companion leaves for the mainland. On a stormy night he finds a letter. The story it tells and his fear of the loneliness at night will take him to the limits of madness....

An anxious woman struggles to cope in isolation as a pandemic sweeps the world, forcing her to confront the monsters in her head....

A tense man must let out his aggression in a private bathroom....

Follow Peepo, Goobi and The Worry Monster on an adventure through big feelings, hard talks and an unforgettable zoo trip....

A woman contemplates her life as she suffers from anxiety and depression....

Tokio finds his wife Kumiko drowned in the bathtub one night. He lifts the telephone handset to call an ambulance but hesitates. Instead, he takes a cup of coffee before empting the bathtub and carrying Kumiko to the couch. When he wakes up after a n...

A self-proclaimed pageant queen as she vies for the crown of the local pageant. Through a series of surreal visions, she reflects on the sacrifices she's made for the sake of her onstage persona....

A short experimental film about processing internal stress outwardly through the creative process....