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

Despite the fact that there have been many changes over time in the way anorexia is viewed on a societal, cultural and medical level, the condition remains an enigma. For centuries, descriptions and interpretations of the condition - some conflicting, some complementary - have followed on from one another. This illness of mind and body resists any exclusively biological or exclusively psychoanalytical approach. The body, which becomes a battleground, bears the brunt of this relationship and dependency disorder.

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The young guy who wants to be author, he confronts a problem of nowadays. He breaks his own focus. So he could not reach deep focusing. But when he did it he will feel the amazing satisfaction feeling

the dizzy sick feeling from anorexia

In this 60-minute documentary tv-producer Jessica Villerius (28) shows how deadly Anorexia Nervosa is. The youngest of the girls she follows is eleven years old, and is battling Anorexia since she was only seven. It's the first time that specialized hospitals and clinics opened their doors for a tv-documentary. The film is extra honest, confronting and open, given the fact that Jessica battled Anorexia for almost a decade. Jessica: 'I think it's about time people learn the truth about this dangerous sniper, which first takes over the body and in the end the mind and even the will to live.'

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A surrel black and white short animation.

Prejudiced misunderstanding in which a white lady believes she was robbed on a public transport minibus, blaming a black passenger for the act.

Anorexia, the pathological fear of eating and gaining weight, is now the most deadly mental illness in the UK, affecting around one in every 250 women. In this film, Louis Theroux embeds himself in two of London's biggest adult eating-disorder treatment facilities: St Ann's Hospital and Vincent Square Clinic. As he spends more time with patients both on and off the wards, he witnesses the dangerous power that anorexia holds over them, and finds himself drawn into a complex relationship between the disorder and the person it inhabits.

The insidious power of eating disorders is swift and devastating. Sufferers are left at the mercy of dangerous thoughts and turbulent emotions, isolating themselves from their loved ones who struggle to protect them. This sensitive film approaches anorexia and bulimia from a deeply personal angle, revealing a family fighting to remain unified in the wake of this brutal illness.

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?

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.

After a relapse, 39-year-old Amaro moves back in with his mother — only to confront the inherited patterns that shaped him.

A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

A fiction feature shot with real patients and their therapists that shows the day-to-day life of a group of anorexia nervosa patients during their hospitalization and the relationship with their therapists.

Maledimiele tells the story of Sara, a teenage girl who sinks – slowly but inevitably – into the abyss of anorexia.

'Skinny World' is a drama about the effects of eating disorders. A young girl (Mona) suffering from anorexia lives to write this story, and gives an insight into the thought processes involved with daily events and choices. Giving particular insight to the hidden depths and actions taken to hide Mona's anorexia.

Seeking belonging through an anonymous blog, a self-conscious fourteen-year-old girl exposes her personal life online and spirals down a destructive path toward eating disorders in her desperate search for self-acceptance.

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.

A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.

Music student David develops anorexia after a home party at his college. This short film depicts the development of an eating disorder raw and without filters.

Teenage girls can be vicious, and even more so in the uncensored online world of the pro-eating disorder community. Chase is a die-hard fan of blogger Hannahrexia889. Hannah's methods may be harsh, but to these partners on a quest for perfection, "skinny is always worth it." While these girls only know each other online, their partnership in starving is strong. The two get closer, in a dysfunctional relationship that culminates in a disastrous night of antics in the city. Chase must realize that her social media celebrity idol Hannah is not really as strong as she seems online. But when your friendship is built on the values of pro-anorexia, "getting better" doesn't always mean what you think.

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 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.

The story of Isabelle Caro, Oliviero Toscani's NO-Anorexia model who rose to fame after his campaign. Diving through different passages of time, with the aid of family photos as well as video diaries left behind, we see a kaleidoscope of Isabelle's life and the world that surrounded her.

A strange and destructive relationship develops between a chef and her neighbor, a former child actress.

Teenage swimmer Olivia's main goal is to enter and win the Brazilian National Swimming Championship: an already-difficult task, made harder by her struggle with anorexia and the daily pressures of family and friends. However, her friend Ana seems to approve of her idea of persisting in illness.

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.

Documentary about eating disorders among professional climbers

Gray, an obsessive angsty teenager, must make peace with his struggling family in order to overcome emotional bonds and personal afflictions.

Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two similarly rootless souls: posh Cass and fastidious James, and together they form a band.