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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.

May 4, 2026

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.

July 18, 2025

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.

September 6, 2024

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.

December 15, 2023

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.

April 13, 2023

Al Spx and Prince Josh (Prince Innocence) Talk Staying Sane in a Stressful Industry

The friends catch up about mental health and more.

June 23, 2022

Light For the Midnight

Al Spx on relearning how to care for herself and her career after being misdiagnosed as schizophrenic.

April 27, 2022

Laughing and Crying

Director Kristian Mercado on the complicated, interconnected relationship between film, comedy and depression in his life.

February 8, 2022

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.

December 21, 2021

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.

November 18, 2021

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).

August 5, 2021