Self Harm Movies

In 2011, Maine State Prison launched a pioneering reform program to scale back its use of solitary confinement. Bafta and Emmy-winning film-maker Dan...

Best friends turned soulmates, Fang Hui and Lin Xi dreamed of forever—until their perfect world began to crack.

Alex Anna’s body is a canvas: her scars come to life to tell a new story of self-harming.

A disturbed man enters a room and, unbeknownst to others, is having psychotic episodes.

Rex, a DJ, is convinced he can find a better 'sound' for his work by experimenting with deafness.

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...

Amir’s life with his beautiful girlfriend looks perfect but in reality, he is harbouring a dark secret he knows no one will understand –...

18-year-old Kathleen is fresh out of foster care. Her departure coincides with the death of her biological mother, so she returns to her hometown to...

Short animation by Alina Maliszewska about two lovers trying to kill themselves

Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing...

Toxic masculinity has come to a head and this story explores the consequences not just for women, but for men. The phrase "toxic masculinity" is...

In 1999, 11-year-old Nisha Platzer lost her older brother, Josh, to suicide. Twenty years later, her search for a specialized medical treatment leads...

Not wanting to die in a body that repulses him, Lev, a trans college student, resorts to the most extreme measures possible.

A surrealist perspective on self harm and the want for death.

Real blood, piercings, and erotic visuals.

This 3-minute short film by Iain Delavan was created at a dark time in his life. In his usual abstract and expressive style, Delavan depicts an...

This is an Amateur Micro-short on Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms for Loneliness. We feel a constant sense of loneliness. We try so many wrong methods...

After her boyfriend leaves for the night, a curious young woman is left alone to deal with the horrors of her mental health.