My
Demon,
Your Demon 

Logline

Director Rika Tarigan met 11 people from different backgrounds at online plattforms. Now she is telling their stories about mental health and own demons in an animated documentary.

Moved by the on-going number of suicide rates due to depression and addiction, I wanted to create an artwork that questions the stigmas surrounding people with mental health illness to trigger more conversation towards a better support system for those whose live has been affected by this issue either directly or indirectly.

The film is based on my interview with 11 individuals I found online during the winter of 2017. We talked about the demons that make our life difficult, like depression, anxiety, and addiction.

Concept & Progress

Screening

“My Demon, Your Demon” is my Bachelor’s project in the Faculty of Media Art & Design at the Bauhaus-University Weimar and supervised by Prof. Christine Hill and Franka Sachse