Psychological Stress Movies

ARENA is a high-octane quiz show pulsating with an unrelenting rhythm of light and percussion. In the grand finale, two opposite worlds collide: The...

A frustrated author faces intense pressure from her editor, the internet, and her own characters as she attempts to craft a follow-up to her previous...

A young man faces a devitalizing mental crisis as the monotonous drain of his day job catches up to him at the end of the work week.

Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined...

After murdering his drug kingpin boss, Kevin, a misguided criminal, is subjected to torture and torment by a duo of sadistic perverts.

A young gymnast on the cusp of success comes to reject her life of elite gymnastics as a result of her tormenting coach; her mother.

Somewhere in North Kolkata, OBHYESH is an unfurling of a 28 years old boy's life, through his struggle to fall asleep during a whole night. The boy...

Kaleb Allen is plagued by recurring nightmares, where a dark presence watches him every night. Fearing sleep, he's unable to escape these vivid...

A dinner party turns strange as two couples can't decide which memories are real or not.

A window into the broken soul of Bruce, battling long-term depression and the culmination of events leading up to the tipping point of his bottled up...

A mother and daughter rent a house for a getaway after suffering a sudden and tragic loss, little do they know the house is run by a secret cult.

After her mother comes back from an extended hospital stay, a young girl begins to envision an ominous monster lurking in her home.

Over the last three decades, science has been advancing our understanding of stress: how it impacts our bodies and how our social standing can make...

Benji is sent spiraling into a storm of self doubt after matching with a girl who is out of his league. A short film about body dysmorphia.

Maria is a student at the university of Essen, Germany, living and working in a gray, unpleasant, and anonymous environment. While she has little...

A man returns to his room one evening in distress

The passing of a once-in-a-century comet affects a group of disparate characters in New Zealand.

tercerosombra is a surreal and experimental short film about suppressed emotions, childhood fears, bodily anxiety and the fragile relationship...

Unable to sleep on the eve of his 27th birthday, a man confronts his existential ruminations.