anorexia
76 movies and shows
Pulse
Invalid Date
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 that the control is the one thing that keeps her alive?
Trauma
Fri, 12 Mar 1993
A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her parents are murdered by a vicious serial killer known as The Headhunter.
Beauty Mark
Sun, 10 Feb 2008
Diane Israel, a former world-class triathlete, becomes a psychotherapist after battling anorexia. She shares her story while interviewing champion athletes, body builders and models about self-image.
From Reading Flaubert on a Gray Day
Wed, 01 Jan 1997
This is the visit to an exhibition of painting and photography with the help of a girl named Claudia, and a sickness called Anorexia.
To the Bone
Sun, 22 Jan 2017
A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.
The Thinnest Line
Sat, 11 Jun 2022
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 l'Aube d'un Renouveau
Thu, 24 Aug 2023
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 poetry, I share this quest for reconstruction, which I hope will help raise awareness of this mental illness and bring a little hope to people affected by it and those around them.
Eating Your Heart Out
Sun, 01 Jan 1984
An independent feature-length documentary about women, food, fat, and dieting.
A Calling Void
Wed, 02 Feb 2022
A Calling Void is a short documentary-drama that sheds light on the complexity of emotion, distortions of reality and desperate needs for control a young woman encounters during her struggle with anorexia. Limited screenings in Vancouver are pending further festival submissions.
Hate2O
Fri, 05 May 2006
Five friends travel to a secluded island for a purifying week-long water fast. With no food and electricity, a long forgotten hate surfaces.
Body
Tue, 20 Jan 2015
A busy attorney, worried that his anorexic daughter Olga, who is still grieving her recently deceased mother, might try to harm herself, sends her to see a psychiatrist who's dealing with her own loss in an unusual way.
More Than a Disorder
Sun, 01 Jan 2023
Two young married adults with differing eating disorders share their experiences, insights, and stories of struggles, social expectations, misconceptions, and recovery.
The Night Belongs to Children
Sat, 16 Dec 2017
"As far back as I can remember I've never been hungry". That's how begins the autobiographical story of a man - the movie maker himself - who reports both the anorexia nervosa that he went through as a child, then as a teenager, and the difficult relationship that, as an adult, he's been sustaining with foodstuff, or with the mere act of ingesting solid food.
Compulsion
Fri, 21 Jun 2013
A strange and destructive relationship develops between a chef and her neighbor, a former child actress.
The Little Book of Calm
Invalid Date
Lin Wei, plagued by undiagnosed illness, crosses paths with her roommate CiCi, an online mukbang streamer battling anorexia nervosa due to cyberbullying. Desperate, CiCi enlists Lin Wei to fill in for her in a sponsored livestream. Overwhelmed, Lin Wei suffers a mental breakdown, leading to the termination of CiCi's contract and her departure from LA. Lin Wei's condition remains undetermined, leaving her in a paradoxical trap. Amidst her breakdown, she resumes livestreaming, inadvertently saving CiCi's career. Though life moves forward, Lin Wei's struggle persists, unredeemed.
The Story of Furious Pete
Wed, 28 Apr 2010
At sixteen years old Peter Czerwinski was hospitalized and nearly died as a result of anorexia. Seven years later, not only has he won that battle, he is one the greatest competitive eaters in the world. This is the inspiring (and ironic story) of Furious Pete.
guts
Sat, 20 Jan 2024
Desperate for help, a woman in recovery asks an unlikely stranger on a dinner date.
Point De Départ
Sun, 18 Jun 2023
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.
Beautifully Damaged
Sat, 01 Jun 2013
A young girls struggle with anorexia and the death of her mother, and her strained relationship with her father.
No Numbers: Identity Beyond Measure
Thu, 01 Jan 2009
No Numbers is a documentary that looks at the general sense of "dis-ease" in our society and the increasing normalcy of hating ourselves. Three women speak out, sharing their stories of recovery from anorexia and bulimia. In telling their stories through the creative medium of film they rediscover values in life that move beyond inches, weight, and other measures that society too often champions as benchmarks for success. Though the issues raised in No Numbers stem from individual stories, they are inescapably connected to society and thus to the community as a whole. No Numbers focuses on healing that recognizes community and creativity as integral players in recovery. Finding identity beyond measures isn't just about recovery from eating disorders, it's about re-discovering the fullness of our lives.