Movies: Anorexia

A mother fed up with her spoiled daughter goes on a world wide search to figure out what mistakes have been made and how she can fix them....

What does it feel like to have a panic attack? In this animated short from our Arts x Radio collaboration, Vancouver-based filmmaker and illustrator Karla Monterrosa animates a clip from CBC Radio'sCampus to imagine what it's like inside an 18-year-o...

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 thar she is entering into adulthood....

A young woman suffering from anorexia goes back home and reconnects with her family on her mother's anniversary of death....

This is a Dutch documentary about the last weeks of life in a Portuguese clinic for Emma Caris, a 18 year old girl who had been suffering anorexia nervosa since she was 16 years old....

Documentary about eating disorders among professional climbers...

2-part portrait of a girl suffering from anorexia and bulimia....

In this farewell letter to Ana (aka Anorexia), I reveal the suffering associated with this illness. I express my desire to regain my freedom and vitality by sharing not only my progress but also my relapses. Through the interweaving of drawings and p...

Based on 'Frank Kafka"s Metamorphose story, the documentary presents 2 metamorphosis of the present society: anorexia, as an disruption of our self-perception; depression, as an isolating illness ; and physically handicapped conditions, as mobility p...

The animated documentary shows a day in life of a person suffering a mental illness called anorexia nervosa. It is an intimate insight into the mind of an anorexic, who must somehow interact with raw reality....

Teenage girls can be vicious, and even more so in the uncensored online world of the pro-eating disorder community. Chase is a die-hard fan of blogger Hannahrexia889. Hannah's methods may be harsh, but to these partners on a quest for perfection, "sk...

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A fiction feature shot with real patients and their therapists that shows the day-to-day life of a group of anorexia nervosa patients during their hospitalization and the relationship with their therapists....

Colin, born in Bermuda, is feral. Hell deep in a life of drugs, jail, and sexual perversion, Colin falls in love with Hedi, who is hell deep in spiritual perfectionism, legalism and anorexia. They meet at an inner healing school in England. Eventuall...

Drew, a strong-willed teen, must face returning home to her broken family after staying in eating disorder rehab for Anorexia....

Told through three first person narratives, For The Records takes its audience on a journey into lived experience of psychological disorders, particularly OCD, ADD, and Anorexia Nervosa....

Lilly wakes up in the middle of the night. Her heart beats uneven and her pulse is lower then ever. Maybe she'll die? To survive she needs to eat, but to eat she needs to loose control. Will she dare to let go, when the anorexia makes her believe tha...

In a society where "celebutantes" like Paris Hilton dominate newsstands and models who weigh less than 90 pounds die from malnutrition, female body image is one of the more dire problems facing today's society. "America the Beautiful" illuminates the...

It's just another [excruciating] meal for Vienna - until an offer to conquer her greatest fear in 'three simple steps' arrives. Desperate for freedom from her fear of eating, Vienna takes the offer up - only to realize she bit off far more than she c...

'Skinny World' is a drama about the effects of eating disorders. A young girl (Mona) suffering from anorexia lives to write this story, and gives an insight into the thought processes involved with daily events and choices. Giving particular insight ...