mental health
Why I Stopped Running Away (and Made a Documentary About It)
Benjamin Wagner on directly addressing his mental health struggles and leaning into vulnerability in his new documentary Friends & Neighbors.
Lesbian Space Anxiety
The directors of Lesbian Space Princess on how their new animated movie was shaped by real-life therapy sessions and experience with anxiety.
As a Disabled Filmmaker, I Don’t Owe You Radical Transparency
Sundance winner Reid Davenport, whose new doc Life After opens today, on the often-gruelling experience of engaging with the public.
How to Create in Darkness and (Mostly) Stay Sane
Pascal Plante on plumbing the depths with his psychological thriller Red Rooms (which opens in theaters today), and living to tell the tale.
Thoughts on Suffering for Your Art
Writer-director Anna Zlokovic, whose horror movie Appendage is now on Hulu, discusses finding balance and self-care in her work.
Why I Stopped Seeing Filmmaking Through Rose-Colored Glasses
Kyra Elise Gardner opens up about the mental health struggles she experienced on her new documentary, Living with Chucky.
Al Spx and Prince Josh (Prince Innocence) Talk Staying Sane in a Stressful Industry
The friends catch up about mental health and more.
Light For the Midnight
Al Spx on relearning how to care for herself and her career after being misdiagnosed as schizophrenic.
Laughing and Crying
Director Kristian Mercado on the complicated, interconnected relationship between film, comedy and depression in his life.
A Light in the Darkness
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Virgil Williams on how adapting the memoir A Journal for Jordan transformed in a way he never expected.
Parenthood, Panic Attacks and Premiering at Sundance
I Was a Simple Man writer-director Christopher Makoto Yogi looks back on the past year, a time of huge change and transition for him.
A Rough Guide to Getting By Without Getting High
Kate Vargas on sobriety, escapism, and living in the present (when the present is less than pleasant).











