Film program43 or 55 minutes, two versions
Angst
Raising awareness around anxiety.
People learn to recognize anxiety, use coping tools and ask for help sooner. An award-winning documentary and an evidence-based one-month or year-long program — for a classroom, a workplace or a family at home.
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Part of the Creative Coping Toolkit.
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Angst helps break the stigma and spark honest conversations about mental health.
The film shows that some anxiety is normal — and helps people recognize when it becomes too much. Real stories and expert insight give practical tools for understanding, managing and talking about anxiety.
It features kids, teens, parents, educators and mental health experts, and an interview with Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps.
The details
- Runtime
- 43 or 55 minutes, two versions
- License
- A 24-hour screening license for a single event, a one-month program, or annual and multi-year licenses for the whole program.
- Who takes part
- Ages 10 and up take part directly; K–4 through activities an adult leads.
- Support tier
- Tier 1 and Tier 2 support for a whole class, grade, team or community.
- Compliance
- Complies with applicable COPPA and FERPA requirements, and supports schools and libraries in meeting their CIPA obligations.
What’s included in each Film Program
The film runs under an hour. Angst is film-powered and evidence-based: the chapters, guided activities and expert answers beside it carry the program across the year, not just one screening.
Chapters
The film in short chapter modules, each with prompts for discussion and reflection.
Learning Journey
A guided path through the whole program: the film, activities, expert answers and quick checks, step by step.
Activities
Guided activities that turn what the film raises into something to practice, alone or together.
Expert answers
Short videos in which experts answer the questions real viewers ask most.
Guides
Group leader guides, session plans and slides for the room, for whoever runs the session.
GiGi
An ethical AI guide for adults: ask for an activity, a discussion plan, or brain science in plain language. Not for children or teens on their own. A guide to the toolkit, not a mental health professional or a crisis service.
Who it's for
License Angst on its own or bundle it with the other three film programs.
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The screening kit and the resources
Two support pages sit behind the program: what you need to fill the room and run the night, and what to give the families who come to you afterwards.
Angst Program Package
Guides and templates, posters in four print sizes, logos, ten social graphics, sample posts, the tip sheet and the film discussion guide — in English and in Spanish.
Open the program packageAngst Resources
The questions people ask most after watching, answered in full — plus therapist directories, websites, apps, videos, articles, blogs and books.
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The impact of Angst
What viewers said after watching.
Survey results from the educators and students who took part in the program. Read the impact report
95%
of educators think Angst is helpful for kids and teens.
82%
will be more likely to reach out to others struggling with anxiety.
81%
will adopt coping tools mentioned in the film.
78%
said they will be more open to talking about anxiety.
“The conversation surrounding mental health really hits home for me. Many people don't understand how debilitating mental illness truly can be, and even more than that, how common it is, yet people are afraid to have the serious discussions about it. I welcomed the opportunity to be a part of Angst to further the dialogue around mental health and to help people understand the impact anxiety has on our mental state and encourage people, especially kids, to ask for help.”
Pricing is based on the size of your community, not a set price list, so we work one-on-one with each organization.
See the Toolkit for yourself
Previews of all four programs, the full group leader guides and a sample engagement report. Free, with no payment details, and nothing ends on a date.
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