Social Interaction

Lou suffers from social anxiety and longs for acceptance and belonging. As he tries to fight his insecurities and integrate, his body becomes a manifesto of his inner conflicts.

In this uplifting animated romcom, sloth DJ couple Bobo and Bibi travel to Miami to headline the Beach Sloth Festival. But between airport mishaps, sunset rituals, and a series of socially awkward moments, nerves start to creep in. With love, humor, and just the right touch of chaos, Bobo & Bibi in Miami is a hilarious, feel-good, and deeply relatable story that celebrates the kind of love that’s thoughtful, playful, and always shows up, especially when you need it most.

A Boy (Black and White Drawing) is in love with A Girl (Cardboard Cut Out Puppet), he is too shy and anxious, which makes him too incapable to express his feelings for her. The Girl tries to get closer to him, but after he doesn’t react to her approaches, she decides to stop trying. When she leaves, she drops a little cardboard spider, which the Boy takes home.

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

Hitori Gotoh, aka Bocchi-chan, plays guitar in hopes of joining a band. And while she's famous online, what's holding her back is that she's incredibly introverted. That is, until a desperate drummer gets Bocchi-chan out of her shell and onto the stage.

Locked out of the school art room, a creative non-binary teen named Frog grapples with anxiety as they seek a new place to eat lunch. Imagination blurs with reality in this hybrid work of live action and animation about finding a place to belong.

A young woman tries to overcome her anxiety, which is personified by a crocodile.

Hitori Gotoh, aka Bocchi-chan, plays guitar in hopes of joining a band. And while she's famous online, what's holding her back is that she's incredibly introverted. That is, until a desperate drummer gets Bocchi-chan out of her shell and onto the stage.

Before an important interview, Sylvie stops to rest in a small park. But when an anxiety attack overwhelms her, this ordinary place gradually takes on a sinister air. Disoriented and unable to find a way out, she feels trapped in this space that seems to be closing in on her.

A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.

Set one year after the events of the original series, Densha Otoko has now become very popular and Akihabara, has become overrun with normal people getting in on the otaku craze. With Densha's popularity on the rise a corporation offers ten million yen to anyone who can find his real identity. Meanwhile, Tsuyoshi tries to keep his and Saori's identities from being discovered.

A young couple’s attempt to transform a dilapidated house into their dream home spirals into a nightmare, exposing the financial, social and sexual anxieties of millennials living in a society obsessed with performance and success.

The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.

A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.

A short film with dialogue for Eason Chan's Mandarin song "Don't Mind Me" 社交恐懼癌 (from his most recent album "Chin Up"), which was produced as an extended backstory for the music video. The Chinese title literally translates as "social anxiety cancer". Starring Eason Chan himself, along with a guest appearance from Tony Leung Chiu-Wai.

Four people suffering from various forms of clinical anxiety disorders tell us what it's like to live and work with this illness. They discuss the stigma attached to being anxious, and also how to cope with the symptoms using things like medication, supplements, self love and meditation. All of this in an endless search for anxiety relief.

When her humanized version of Anxiety invites her crush over behind her back, an introverted college student decides to trap her true emotions inside, causing chaos inside and outside her mind.

A young actor, trapped in an abusive film set, starts spiraling in an anxiety induced attack and reflection as he ponders on his work and role in society. His attack and thoughts get heavier and more sporadic as he sifts through interviews he's done throughout the years - all showing the pain that lies within.

The film tells the tragic life story of an actor named Farhad, who remains faithful to national values and deeply feels the pain of their loss. Fearing the negative impact of social media, Farhad leaves the theater because of a colleague's dismissal. The story explores his inner world, the traumas he experiences, and the void created by the loss of national values, presenting it all to the audience.

A young man, suffering from social anxiety, finds surprising joy and romance after an unexpected encounter at a party encourages him to let loose.