Movies: Anorexia

At a prestigious performing arts school, a teenage male ballet dancer desires to be at the top of his class while refusing to listen to his body....

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...

Following the life of anorexic teen Tom Miller, a boy who wishes to be thinner....

Marisa suffers from anorexia. But there's something that befuddles the doctors....

Documentary about eating disorders among professional climbers...

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...

Love can't fill every need, and love can't make problems vanish. Struggling with her own image and self worth, Esther's secret daily struggle with Anorexia reaches a breaking point....

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....

TES is coming out of anorexia. The rise to the surface is difficult, the body is disordered, no longer responds in the same way. Eat again is to accept to lose control. It is both regaining strength and accepting its vulnerability. But the game is wo...

An award winning short social realist drama which follows Keira, as she struggles to live her normal day to day life while suffering from the effects of an eating disorder....

Catalyst is based on the real life story of lead actor April Morrow's experiences seeking treatment for a life-crippling eating disorder. Sam, An ambitious young woman coming to terms with the demons from her past, has finally agreed to accept treatm...

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....

A ten-year-old boy prefers not to eat. Where summer vines grow a mile a minute and insects are the size of birds, Ivo is becoming bones. Hypnotic and beautiful, FULL is the drama and terror of one boy's anorexia and his mother's failure to feed him....

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...

Two young married adults with differing eating disorders share their experiences, insights, and stories of struggles, social expectations, misconceptions, and recovery....

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....

'Tom' from Birmingham, 22, - who did not wish to reveal his real name - had a traumatic childhood as his mother suffered from untreated mental illnesses including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), anorexia, and depression....

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

Myla is a young, isolated girl on a journey with Anorexia. Myla meets Ana at school, promising to be her best friend. As the time goes on, Myla has to decide whether her life or her newfound friendship is more important....

This documentary offers an unprecedented access into anorexia's hidden underground and considers how legal and free-speech issues are contested in a new media landscape....