Topic: Mental Health

Welcome to the Sooner Channel on the topic of mental health. Here you have the opportunity to immerse yourself in a carefully curated selection of films that deal with various aspects of mental health. This collection offers deep insights into the challenges and experiences surrounding mental health. Each of these films provides a platform to raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues and help reduce the stigma often associated with mental illness. Be inspired by these stories and gain new perspectives on the complex topic of Mental Health, only on Sooner.
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  • Aspergirl

    Aspergirl

    Comedy, Drama

    2023

    16

    Heartwarming series in which single mother Louison and her son are simultaneously diagnosed with life-changing autism.


  • Body

    Body

    Drama

    2015

    1h.32min

    12 FSK

    Olga, who is grieving for her mother and also anorexic, is sent to a psychiatrist who is dealing with her own losses in an unusual way.


  • La Belle Indifference

    La Belle Indifference

    Drama, Comedy

    2019

    1h.34min

    16+

    A dark comedy-drama, delving deep into the psyche of a man in denial and a woman confronting their grim reality, reflecting on societal pressures.


  • Good Monsters

    Good Monsters

    Drama, Music, Dance, Theater

    2021

    12

    Heartfelt musical comedy about a woman trying to save her drug-addicted husband.


  • Janine F.

    Janine F.

    Documentary, Independent

    2004

    1h.20min

    16+

    The tragic story of an artist who was torn between passion and obsession and died under mysterious circumstances.


  • Life Suits Me Well

    Life Suits Me Well

    Drama

    2021

    1h.39min

    16+

    A degenerative neurological disease changes the life of family man Fouad and his relatives in this bittersweet Moroccan drama.


  • Bastard in Mind

    Bastard in Mind

    Documentary, Independent

    2022

    1h.26min

    16+

    A chance examination delivers the frightening diagnosis of brain aneurysm. The director himself documents the months leading up to the operation.


  • Our Eternal Summer

    Our Eternal Summer

    Drama

    2022

    1h.15min

    16+

    Immerse yourself in the summer of a carefree teenager who suddenly loses her best friend and realizes that nothing lasts forever.


  • Undersea

    Undersea

    Documentary

    2022

    52min

    16+

    To deal with the trauma she endured during her work as photojournalist, Nanna Kreutzmann turns to underwater photography.


  • News from Planet Mars

    News from Planet Mars

    Comedy

    2016

    1h.41min

    16+

    In this very compelling comedy, a father reaches the boundaries of his good will and is in danger of falling prey to insanity.


  • He's My Brother

    He's My Brother

    Documentary

    2021

    1h.15min

    16+

    What does it mean to give up one’s life to another? A moving documentary about dignity, the love of a family and an independent life.


  • Too Close to the Sun

    Too Close to the Sun

    Drama, Romance

    2022

    1h.25min

    16+

    This debut feature deals with schizophrenia and the ravages that this mental illness inflicts not only on the patient himself, but also on his family.


  • The Sun Will Rise

    The Sun Will Rise

    Documentary

    2017

    51min

    16+

    Comedian and director Gessica Généus (FREDA) explores the connection between voodoo beliefs, Christianity and the treatment of mental illness in Haiti


  • Alle 28 Tage

    Alle 28 Tage

    Documentary, Independent

    2015

    1h.27min

    12 FSK

    Journalist Ina Borrmann chronicles her own infertility treatment and in the process unsparingly documents what she and her partner experience.


  • Freakstars 3000

    Freakstars 3000

    Independent, Music, Dance, Theater

    2003

    1h.15min

    6 FSK

    Christoph Schlingensief's answer to "Pop Idol" was "Freakstars 3000".


  • Kongo

    Kongo

    Documentary

    2019

    1h.8min

    16+

    In Brazzaville, 'invisible forces' rule the world. The monk Medard tries to heal the sick victims of evil spells.


  • Stress

    Stress

    Documentary, Independent

    2020

    1h.22min

    16+

    Five young veterans of the Afghanistan war, outwardly unscathed but inwardly hurting, feel misunderstood upon their return to civilian life.


  • The Marriage Project

    The Marriage Project

    Documentary, Independent

    2020

    1h.19min

    16+

    The director of a psychiatric clinic near Tehran gives patients the opportunity to marry each other, in a model project.


  • Our Lucky Hours

    Our Lucky Hours

    Documentary, Independent

    2019

    1h.17min

    16+

    During World War 2, 45,000 psychiatric patients died in French hospitals. Only one facility opposed the carnage: the asylum in Saint-Alban.


  • No Lullaby

    No Lullaby

    Documentary, Independent

    2015

    1h.14min

    16 FSK

    A terrible family secret that spans three generations and a society that refuses to acknowledge the reality behind the house facades.


  • The Demon Disease

    The Demon Disease

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.22min

    12 FSK

    In some of West Africa's traditional societies, mental illness and epilepsy are still seen as demonic possession.


  • One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das

    One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das

    Biography, Documentary

    2013

    1h.12min

    0 FSK

    In 1970 Jeffery Kagel could have become a rock star. But he turned down the offer from Blue Oyster Cult and set off on a journey of self-discovery.


  • The Cleaners

    The Cleaners

    Documentary

    2018

    1h.28min

    16 FSK

    Dive into the hidden industry of digital cleaning, which rids the Internet of unwanted violence, porn and political content. Who is controlling what we ...


  • Die Stille Revolution

    Die Stille Revolution

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.32min

    0 FSK

    What is the purpose of our entrepreneurial activities? Do we need know-how or know-why?


  • Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob?

    Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob?

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.20min

    16+

    Three brothers embark on a search for traces left by their deceased brother, Jakob, who committed suicide.


  • The Happy Film

    The Happy Film

    Documentary

    2017

    1h.31min

    0 FSK

    Stefan Sagmeister designs album covers for the Rolling Stones and Jay-Z. But the question of whether he's really happy is haunting his mind.


  • Stuttering – My Constant Companion

    Stuttering – My Constant Companion

    Documentary, Independent

    2017

    1h.29min

    0 FSK

    Birgit Gohlke has stuttered since early childhood. She deals well with it, but after watching "The King's Speech", Birgit decides to take action.


  • InnSæi

    InnSæi

    Documentary

    2016

    1h.18min

    12 FSK

    Reason reigns supreme in our modern, intellectual world. Many people are not aware that we forget to listen to our gut feeling.


  • Domian - Interview with the Death

    Domian - Interview with the Death

    Documentary

    2015

    1h.18min

    12 FSK

    He is Germany's most famous night talker: Jürgen Domian. Thousands of people have been calling him every night for 20 years. They trust him implicitly


  • The Altruism Revolution

    The Altruism Revolution

    Documentary

    2015

    1h.31min

    6 FSK

    Is man a selfish being who thinks only of himself and his own good?


  • My Talk With Florence

    My Talk With Florence

    Biography, Documentary

    2015

    2h.9min

    12 FSK

    Florence is trapped at an early age in a hotbed of cruelty. Sexually abused and raped within her own family, she runs away from home as a teenager.


  • Plot 35

    Plot 35

    Documentary, Independent

    2017

    1h.7min

    12 FSK

    Director Eric Caravaca tells the story of his sister, whose existence was hushed up.


  • Between Insanity and Beauty – The Art Collection of Dr. Prinzhorn

    Between Insanity and Beauty – The Art Collection of Dr. Prinzhorn

    Documentary, Independent

    2007

    1h.16min

    6 FSK

    Paul Klee and Max Ernst were fascinated by the visual works of psychiatric patients. The Prinzhorn Collection is the world's largest collection of such ...


  • It Should Have Been Nice After That

    It Should Have Been Nice After That

    Documentary, Classics

    2000

    1h.13min

    16+

    Karin Jurschick examins the reasons for her late mother's suicide.


  • The Problem Is My Wife

    The Problem Is My Wife

    Documentary

    2003

    52min

    0 FSK

    A documentary reenactment of therapy sessions, which in a fascinating way gets to the bottom of the social as well as psychological backgrounds of male ...


  • Garden of Stars

    Garden of Stars

    Documentary, Queer

    2016

    1h.1min

    0 FSK

    The first "Cemetery of Stars" in Germany is located in an old cemetery where the Brothers Grimm lie.


  • Autumn Gold

    Autumn Gold

    Documentary

    2010

    1h.34min

    0 FSK

    The film follows five senior athletes along their biggest challenge - maturity. As all of them are between 80 and 100 years old it is a race against time ...


  • Someone Beside You

    Someone Beside You

    Documentary, Independent

    2006

    1h.38min

    16+

    Along with several courageous psychiatrists and their clients, the author sets out to film a doc road movie that takes him to Europe and the U.S.