burnout

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

Everyone can have a bad day now and then, but we meet Valerie on a morning that divides her life neatly into before and after. It took one inconsequential setback – a silly thing, really – to cause a slight delay in Valerie’s schedule, resulting in a regrettable distraction, causing an unfortunate incident, which leads her to the police station….. making her miss the single most important event she had on her agenda: The Meeting! That’s when the dam breaks. All that control to build the fragile framework of her life collapses instantly. Valerie gets fired, is obliged to restrain her lifestyle, and now with the shared custody of her son in question, Valerie has to review her priorities and reorganize her life.

Hiro, severely overworked, can barely function outside his toxic workplace. When he encounters Kai, a childhood friend he had once promised to marry, he finds he is steadily regaining a sense of purpose - yet Kai's motives remain unclear.

Rose McGowan, artist and activist, documents the work being done to spread her message of “bravery, art, joy and survival.”

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.

Sarah Kazner is barely holding it together. As a burnt-out graphic designer at Quill Design Agency, she’s drowning in unrealistic deadlines, toxic office politics, and the gnawing feeling that her career is going nowhere. But when she stumbles upon a talking skeleton named Skelly living in her closet, her already stressful life takes a turn for the surreal.

Le Mirage is the perspective of a man in his thirties asking himself "what am I chasing?" Our society has become all about consumerism, if not excess. Success is determined by what and how much we have and "stuff" becomes the band-aid to a meaningless existence. Stuff fills the void of the existence we weren't meant to lead.

A burned-out private detective in Las Vegas gets involved in blackmail and murder.

A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.

An assistant will do anything to get his presentation in front of his boss… even set himself on fire.

The plot revolves around two completely different and distant women — a nurse and a fashion model — who are haunted by their own spectre after going through the same experience: they can no longer see their reflections in the mirror.

It is a fetish, a mantra, a secret religion to modern man: work. In times of the financial crisis and massive job reductions, this documentary movie questions work as our 'hallow' sense in life in a way that both humors and pains us.

A group of directionless, bored, drug-using teenagers get involved in a cult, resulting in a murder.

Emergency medicine intern Margaux can no longer stand it. During another very hectic and patient-filled shift, she forgets a homeless woman on a stretcher who then dies. Shocked Margaux has no choice but to continue working. But suddenly, her body starts sweating blood uncontrollably.

Two public broadcast employees, tired of their dead-end jobs, set out to make a documentary proving aliens exist in a small Minnesotan farming community.

Something is cooking in the town of Grimsville, Ontario. A bunch of wayward youths take on Grimsville High, Squirrely's Pizza and the Moose Meat Ladies with their revolutionary underground grilled cheese sandwich club.

A unique visual interpretation of Tyler, the Creator's latest album, Chromakopia.

A Cristian educational film that tells the story of a former drug addict, Mark Lindley, and his recovery through finding God.

As a freelance illustrator and perfectionist, Maya’s life is fun fun fun, but also busy busy busy. She perfectly pulls through her work assignments and social activities, thanks to a supportive ‘inner voice’ whom she affectionately calls her ‘Little Motivator’. But when Maya suddenly gets a full-on panic attack and has to slow down for a while, her deepest fear becomes reality: she can no longer be perfect… Maya and her Little Motivator set out to get her back on track ASAP, while struggling to accept that ‘good enough’ might just really be good enough.

A young woman, stressed by her busy and continually crowded New York City existence spontaneously retreats to a solitary lake deep in the Adirondacks.

A blend of drama and documentary, this film follows several people caught up in the turmoil of the modern world. The drama centres on a woman who has burned out and who holds up her own despair – and her attempts to rebuild her life – as a mirror to the rest of us. With a blend of gravity and humour, Sylvie Groulx's film shows the absurdity of a society dedicated to the cult of speed at all costs.

After a burn-out, Filippo, a film director, undertakes a professional reintegration as a waiter in a social enterprise.

Recorded live on April 3, 1985 at Studio 54 in New York. Live footage and interviews with Slayer, Venom & Exodus. Venom's live clips are from other videos because Mantas had chickenpox.