The Directing Change Program and Film Contest is home to a large library of amazing films created by our young and talented filmmakers that can be viewed and downloaded for free. Here are a few highlights:
Suicide Prevention
Tell Someone
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There is Always Hope
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Speak Out
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This Isn’t the End
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My Best Friend Sammy
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Someone Who Can Help
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All That Matters
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Mental Health
Circling Stigma
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The Weight of Mental Illness
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Language is Powerful
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If We All Speak Loud Enough
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More Than a Mental Illness
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Real Life Super Hero
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Naivete
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Through the Lens of Culture
My Hidden Feelings
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Language: Japanese with English subtitles
A film that tells the story of a girl who experiences anxiety and hopelessness and finds support from a friend who reaches out to her.
Depression Has No Culture
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Language: English and various languages with English subtitles
People from a variety of cultures discuss the importance of coming together to support one another to prevent suicide because depression has no culture.
Suicide on Indian Country
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Language: English with English captioning
Native youth discuss how their culture, language, family, and ceremony can heal and restore their people to help prevent suicide on Indian country.
My Friend Tyler
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Language: Spanish with English subtitles
A film that tells the story of a girl who notices signs of suicide in her friend Tyler and reaches out to support him and connect him with help.
Caged Bird
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Language: Mandarin with English captions
A hopeful animated film about how becoming more educated about mental health can allow us to help and care for those living with mental health challenges.
Binary Blues
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Language: English with English closed captioning
A film about the beauty of diversity and how transgender and non-conforming youth can look to their community for support.
Interested in using the films at your school or in your community? Check out this tip sheet for ideas such as sharing films on social media, showing films at community meetings and during presentations, or asking your local movie theater to show the films before they screen the feature movies.
To view films from the California contest, click here
You can also contact us to receive a DVD with the films and please let us know how you are using the films!
