Trauma Movies

STILL HERE is a short film that depicts Omar's journey from trauma toward healing. It is inspired by the clients and work of the Center for Victims...

War and Peace of Mind explores what war does to the human mind and how both, the individuals and the nation as a whole, survive it psychologically....

After returning from her husband's requiem mass, Clarice gets into an argument with her daughter Andrea about the family's dark past.

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...

As Nour moves to her new studio apartment, something unexpected happens which will make her re-visit traumatizing events.

This film is a collection of my experiences more than it being a visual poetry, my trauma, how i cope and my journey.

A boy is thrown into the middle of an increasingly bizarre local disturbance.

OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian...

After being imprisoned for dangerous driving, causing the death of a child and possession of illegal substances, Jason Buckley is finding it...

We all carry hell with us. The filmmaker’s hell exists on a canvas, which he studied carefully in childhood. The mystical picture has many...

A social outcast works as an electronic repair technician and keeps to himself, until on his way home he finds a discarded laptop, repairs it, and...

Rabah is forced to take over custody of his son Cédrick. The boy has been mute since losing his mother. Despite the financial strain caused by...

A psychologist who, upon receiving patients suffering from mental illness, is reminded of their own past traumatic memories and decides to consult...

Many years ago, in a nearly deserted town at the foot of a mountain, lives Agostino with his wife Nina and his son Giovanni. The mountain rises up...

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

After the death of his mother, Carlos returns to his childhood home. During a long night, Carlos is confronted with the many neighbors of his...

Marge asks her nephew Christian for help to protect herself against her sinister husband Walter. Christian will soon discover dark secrets and that...

Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing...