Anxiety Club ( Documentary Feature Film) - CIFF 2025

Anxiety Club

Directed by: Wendy Lobel

Starring: Marc Maron, Joe List , Aparna Nancherla , Tiffany Jenkins , Baron Vaughn , Eva Victor , Tara Brach , Natalie Noel

Run Time: 01:22:52

Premiere Status: Arizona Premiere

Logline: ANXIETY CLUB provides an intimate and humorous look at anxiety through the eyes and minds of some of the most brilliant (and anxious!) comedians working today.

Synopsis: ANXIETY CLUB provides an intimate and humorous look at anxiety through the eyes and minds of some of the most brilliant comedians working today. Tiffany Jenkins, Joe List, Marc Maron, Aparna Nancherla, Mark Normand, Baron Vaughn and Eva Victor offer candid reflections on their relationship with anxiety through exclusive interviews, standup performances, sketch videos, therapy and everyday life.

With rare access to private therapy sessions, the film follows comedian Tiffany Jenkins (a content creator with over 9 million followers) as she undergoes the often grueling experience of exposure therapy, capturing the profound changes her treatment brings about. World-renowned meditation teacher and author Tara Brach, PhD leads one of the comedians through a guided meditation to help him get closer to the root of his anxiety. And others find support from the psychologist-in-residence at The Laugh Factory or from mentors in the comedy community.

All of the comedians in ANXIETY CLUB have created standup or sketch material about their mental health that is not only funny but uniquely relatable and disarming to audiences. With comedy, vulnerability, and honesty, these comedians provide remarkable insight into anxiety - the most prevalent mental health disorder affecting an estimated 300 million people worldwide.

Host or Publisher Chandler International Film Festival