Trauma Movies

Amid the urban forest of Porto Velho, we follow a night of thought streams experienced by Pilar, a young woman who survives by writing for funeral...

The filmmakers' 21-year-old daughter journeys from locked-down psych wards and diagnostic labels toward expansive worlds of creativity, connection,...

In this Afro-surrealist tale, Coltrane, a gifted saxophonist haunted by trauma, struggles to stay paid and relevant in Harlem’s speakeasy...

A troubled nanny teaches a bullied ten-year-old that freedom to move forward is made possible by shedding the ugly skin of our past.

Incapable of facing the loss of Pedro, Lucas and Mari dive in past memories. Remembering of happy moments, they discover that pain can, in the end,...

A woman plagued with problems tries to solve them with pills but gets a bigger experience than she bargained for. Can one pill make it all go away?

A young couple decide to move out of their apartment due to an unforeseen circumstance.

The work of Leiden professor Bastiaans on dealing with the trauma of war victims attracts the attention of filmmaker Louis van Gasteren. He decides...

Renee wakes up one morning in the middle of the desert with blood on her hands. She cannot remember why she is there, how she got there or with whom...

After being raised and abused in the foster care system, twin brothers find refuge with a group of misfits who turn out to be a violent band of...

A woman grapples with the traumatic childhood memory of losing one of her baby teeth.

Disillusioned with his life and career, a supermarket customer service employee sets out on a journey to locate his estranged father.

Jamie and Elise both try to cope with the traumatic loss of Danny. For the both of them, reality and fantasy is a very fine line. They aren’t...

Healing the Nation follows community members of the Toronto-based Aboriginal Healing Program as they rediscover their culture to heal from unresolved...

A musical odyssey about generational trauma and the retreat of humanity into itself.

Gabi is undermined when her only friend gets attention from the boy who assaulted her in the past. As night falls on Tel Aviv, the friendship is...

A movie that provokes reflection on the nature of reality and the veracity of our relationships and experiences. On questions of what is real and...

Louka, whose parents were killed in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, persuades a beautiful smuggler to take him over the border to visit his village,...

An agoraphobic man traps himself in an astronaut costume to avoid the disastrous consequences of his condition