Habits and routines
film
Mzia the elevator operator leaves her post for the first time in two decades
Directed by Madeline Leary
Trauma and PTSD
film
Sent to boarding school, a boy conjures up a friend to soothe his distress
A film by Tony Gammidge
Change and self-development
film
A wool puppet’s stirring journey from safety into the great unknown
A film by Kobi Vogman
Trauma and PTSD
film
How small creatures helped James connect with the human-scale world
Directed by Spencer MacDonald
Creativity
film
A filmmaker’s never-realised ideas become an exploration of self-doubt
Directed by Cameron Nicoll
Depression
film
Why Darius is testing mind and body to run 100 miles in the cold
Directed by Amar Chebib
Mental health
film
Fixating on her body, a woman grapples with strange distortions of the self
Directed by Chenghua Yang
Emerging therapies
film
What does ketamine-assisted therapy look like? Inside one firefighter’s journey
Directed by Brandon Kapelow
Bipolar disorder
film
What’s it like to feel betrayed by your brain? A memoir of bipolar disorder
Directed by Melanie Cura Daball
Parenting and families
film
‘Suddenly you are here’ – a breathless, hilarious ode to new motherhood
Directed by Henriette Rietz
Trauma and PTSD
film
In the wake of wars, a professor seeks to mend children’s deep traumas
Directed by Daniel Benjamin Wheeler
Life stages
film
An ecologist finds an apt metaphor for healing in the rainforests she studies
Directed by Andrew Nadkarni