Trust Me

Trust Me
2024
★★★★★ 10.0/10
⏱️ 19 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DocumentaryAnimationDrama
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.

Crew

Director
Melanie Cura Daball
Writer
Melanie Cura Daball, Anne Chataigné
Producer
Chloe Abrahams, Hannah Bush Bailey, Souvid Datta

Production

Just Be Nice Studios, Doc Society

Keywords

female friendshipmental healthhealing processinspiringbipolar disorderbetrayal of trustshort film