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Trust Me (2024)
Directed by Melanie Cura Daball
“Animation and live-action intertwine in this bold, hybrid documentary about bipolar disorder.”
Documentary, Animation, Drama · 19m
Animated short documentary following a young woman's diagnosis of bipolar: a journey of self-acceptance to challenge everyday stigma. In "Trust Me", a genre-bending short documentary, a young woman uses humour and compassion to share her moving and deeply personal story of coming to terms with her mental health condition. When she starts exhibiting atypical and extreme behaviour, her loved ones trick her into hospitalisation against her will. She is diagnosed with bipolar disorder which starts her challenging journey of self-acceptance, confronting internalised and societal stigma, and learning to trust herself and others again.
Cast
Nadia Forde
Crew
- Director
- Melanie Cura Daball
- Writer
- Melanie Cura Daball, Anne Chataigné
- Director of Photography
- Natalja Safronova
- Editor
- Kevin Corry
- Producer
- Chloe Abrahams, Souvid Datta
Details
- Release date
- 2024-05-01
- Runtime
- 19m
- Genres
- Documentary, Animation, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, French
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Just Be Nice Studios, Doc Society