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...

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...

A man, alone in a bathroom, gets ready to go out. He's stopped in his tracks when he trips on his bathroom scale. Desperate to rid his body's...

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

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

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...

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

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...

When Arnie Silverman, a manic-depressive novelist, begins a bout of self-harm and lies to his girlfriend about it, his best friend and sister’s...

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

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...

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...

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

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

Real blood, piercings, and erotic visuals.

Sienna struggles with dreams of an unknown and scary place after receiving a dress that belonged to her late grandmother, who commited suicide years...