When Friendship Kills

Der arabische Mann

Invalid date •German

16-year-old Hamudi has an eating disorder. He is forced by his mother to go with a strange man named Ali to search for his missing son. Ali only speaks Arabic, and his visa is still valid for three days. The only thing he has of his son is a recent photograph. During their joint search, Hamudi begins to admire Ali and, for the first time, to question the image of men modeled for him by his macho father.

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

September 2006 •French

A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.

EMPTY (Eating Disorder Short Film)

Invalid date •English

An award-winning short film about a young girl who is struggling with an eating disorder and battling the voice inside her head.

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

July 1987 •English

The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls.

Briciole

June 2005 •Italian

Healer

July 2023 •English

A young woman grapples with the untimely death of her sister, seeking solace in an imagined reality where they grew up together.

Feed

April 2017 •English

Olivia and Matthew Grey, 18-year-old twins born into a world of privilege and high expectations. There are almost no boundaries between them - even their dreams are connected.

Barely Recognizable

August 2022 •English

A movie musical about eating disorder recovery and overcoming perceptions of perfection. It follows the first couple of weeks of college for Gracie, a young woman who has (mostly) recovered from an eating disorder. As she attempts to forge a new identity on campus, her new surroundings and the challenges associated with her transition to college life cause the recovery to teeter. With the help of Isa, a drop-dead gorgeous sophomore beauty queen, Gracie ultimately discovers that recovery is not linear, but rather, takes several twists and turns along the way.

Requiem for a Dream

October 2000 •English

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Mary and Max

April 2009 •English

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

The Girl in the Mirror

Invalid date •English

The Girl in the Mirror follows a girl named Amanda (portrayed by Ryleigh Lawton) as she faces the struggles of Bulimia and her road to recovery.

River's Edge

February 2018 •Japanese

High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably.

Yours Are Mine

September 2020 •English

When a high school tutor discovers a painful secret about her favorite client, she is quickly triggered by a similar darkness from her own past.

Sharing the Secret

May 2000 •English

A teenage girl, who feels she must always seem happy for her parents and friends, secretly binges and purges.

Bones

November 2020 •Spanish

Victor turns 21 in a month. Before he turns 21, he has set two goals: to lose his virginity and to weigh less than 50 kilos.

Esto no es un espejo

September 2023 •Spanish

Life Is Sweet

November 1990 •English

Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.

The Fattest Man in Britain

December 2009 •English

Georgie Godwin is the fattest man in Britain. A tourist attraction, thanks to greedy 'agent, cabbie Morris. Devoted neighbour Janice is Georgie's only other regular outside contact until he meets Amy, a pregnant teenager fleeing a violent boyfriend ,whom he takes in as a lodger. Amy tries to help Georgie change his lifestyle, but Morris is more than keen to stop her ruining his tourist attraction.

body

Invalid date •Catalan

The film follows an introverted 20-year-old girl, Duna Canet, as she leads a seemingly normal life. Yet, at its roots she is trapped and consumed by an eating disorder that refuses to accept. In as little as a day, the struggle unravels to the point where she hits rock bottom and sets out on a path of self-discovery and acceptance.

Gorge

Invalid date •English

After being released from rehab, a teen girl is forced to confront both her overbearing mother and her eating disorder at a birthday party for two.