mental health – Steven Fraser

Silence – new short animated documentary trailer

October 6, 2026StevenLeave a comment

I have recently completed a new short animated documentary called Silence. The film is currently being sent out to film festivals (I don’t expect it to screen anywhere until next year). Below is the trailer and also a synopsis. Please get in contact if you would like to arrange a screening.

Synopsis

Silence is an experimental short animated documentary that looks at activism, imagery and protest when you are a mute person. Protest and activism is loud, but when you are LGBT+, disabled and mute, you need to take a different approach when getting your voice heard. Silence draws on the evocative slogans and images of protest badges and presents how they can give a voice to people.
Silence uses animation, sound, quietness and narration to tell a passionate story of defiance and disobedience when at times you cannot speak.

The Yassification Of My Ex-Boyfriends Soul – new comic/zine

October 1, 2026August 11, 2026StevenLeave a comment

The Yassification Of My Ex-Boyfriends Soul is my latest comic/zine. It is available on my Etsy shop and can be bought from here. I have already presented this zine at a couple of fests to try it out. The synopsis is below.

The Yassification Of My Ex-Boyfriends Soul takes a personal look at memory, queer relationships and mental health. The comic looks back at a short romantic relationship and considers if the memory of what happened is different from the reality. The perspective carries more weight when we realise the storyteller lives with Schizophrenia and regularly experiences psychosis. Schizophrenia is not shown as a negative or horrific thing, but presented as new and worthwhile perspective to have on life.

The Yassification Of My Ex-Boyfriends Soul is a indie comic book zine that is told from the perspective of the writer and artist. It takes a deep and profound look at relationships and how people communicate with each other. The Yassification Of My Ex-Boyfriends Soul is profound and experimental in its approach, where the story and visuals present neurodiversity and queerness in a unique and distinctive style.

You will like Yassification Of My Ex-Boyfriends Soul if you enjoy indie comics, unique stories and personal narratives. It takes elements of Diary Comics, Perzines and Graphic Medicine to give a careful, distinctive and intimate approach to comic book storytelling in a DIY and self-published format.

20 pages

Black and white

Hand made and bound

An honest and personal comic book zine

Qwaswvfxzy Zine – New Zine

September 1, 2026August 11, 2026StevenLeave a comment

A new zine is available on my Etsy shop. Qwaswvfxzy Zine is an experimental comic/zine. The synopsis is below and you can but it here.

My mind moves at 100 miles per hour at sometimes. I wanted to try and capture that feeling with this zine. Qwaswvfxzy Zine is a short, sharp insight into trying to find the right words to say, when there might be no words at all. It is a perzine, comic, text-based and experimental zine. It plays with language and storytelling and doesn’t give a conclusion. It does however, give a personal insight into mental health, psychosis, neurodiversity and autism.

You will like Qwaswvfxzy Zine if you are interested in experimental storytelling, graphic medicine indie comics and perzines. It is part of an ongoing series of zines where I look at my own experiences in different and challenging ways.

16 pages

Black and white

Hand bound and stapled

Design and Disability – V&A Dundee

August 14, 2026August 10, 2026StevenLeave a comment

Two of my zines are at the Design and Disability exhibition at the V&A Dundee. The exhibition runs from 5 June to 4 October. The zines Coming Out Autistic and Uncomfortable Sex with Total Strangers are on display in the resources section towards the back of the exhibition. This is the second time I have displayed my work at the V&A Dundee, after the month long screening of Prosopagnosia during June 2025.

Image of Uncomfortable Sex With Total Strangers zine on a shelf at the V&A Dundee.

Marvels of Media 2026

April 7, 2026StevenLeave a comment

My latest short film Keith was screened and won an award at the Marvels of Media Festival in New York. This is the 5th edition of the festival and I was delighted to go back for the third time to visit the Museum of Moving Image to collect the award.

Prosopagnosia at V&A Dundee

December 23, 2025December 19, 2025Steven1 Comment

In April 2025 my short film Prosopagnosia was chosen to screen in the V&A Museum in Dundee. The screening was for Autism Awareness month and the short screened on a loop in the Jupiter Auditorium. I lived in Dundee for many years and left just before the museum was built. It was a very special experience to go back and see the film in a city that means a lot to me. Some photos from the exhibition are below –

ReelAbilities UK Disability History month

December 22, 2025December 19, 2025StevenLeave a comment

Two of my short films are streaming on the ReelAbilities channe l for UK Disability History month. ReelAbilities is a New York based disability focussed film festival. The festival has screened several of my films, but is streaming What It Feels Like and Coming Out Autistic specifically for UK Disability History Month. I am delighted that both those films were chosen and honoured that they are being highlighted during an important month.

ReelAbilities Stream poster with What it Feels Like and Coming out Autistic images

Keith Awards and Screenings in 2025

December 19, 2025December 16, 2025StevenLeave a comment

My latest short film Keith was released in early 2025. Throughout the year the film screened in many film festivals and also won Best Animation Award at the Dublin Smartphone Film Festival and Best Film at the Lived Perspectives Film Festivals. Other screenings took place at the Edinburgh Short Film Festival (where it was nominated for Best Scottish Film), Cinephone – International Smartphone Film Festival (where it was nominated for Best Animation), Gaze Film Festival and London Queer Fringe Festival.

The award for the Lived Perspectives Film Festival was particularly nice, as it was woven by hand.

Woven Best Film Award for Keith at the Lived Perspectives Film Festival.

Sale at my Etsy Shop

December 9, 2025StevenLeave a comment

There is a sale on at my Etsy shop at the moment. All zines are 50% off. This is only for UK customers.

Overshare

December 9, 2025StevenLeave a comment

Overshare is an intimate and personal story that takes an in depth look at what it is like to constantly share your feeling with strangers, loved ones and random people. It is a perzine, comic and handmade zine. It asks questions on when, and if, it is ok to share your emotions with unfamiliar people and those close to you.

The comic does not make a distinct conclusion, instead it draws the reader in and asks if they are complicit in oversharing their feelings. Self-care, solitude and mental health are considered throughout. The story is told from the perspective of the writer and artist, where a queer, autistic and working class point of view is presented.

The zine is available to buy here.

You will like Overshare if you enjoy indie comics, unique stories and personal narratives. It takes elements of Diary Comics, Perzines and Graphic Medicine to give a careful, distinctive and intimate approach to comic book storytelling in a DIY and self-published format.

· 16 pages

· Black and white

· Hand made and bound

· An honest and personal comic book zine