Movies: Trauma

Lou (29) is a present-day nomad. Forever in search of the ultimate kind of freedom, she’s long ago blocked out what it is she is actually running from. At home everywhere and nowhere. Living a now-now life. Click and - next, please. Until she meets A...

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A tennis player had to end her career following an accident. At her home, a noise coming from the top apartment reminds her permanently of the accident she suffered. She will have to find a solution so that the noise stops...

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A fine distinctness of manhood come from the aftermath of a rape victim's life....

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 of Torture (CVT) – which aims to eradicate and heal the wounds of torture globally....

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A film inspired by a visual representation of trauma and the journey towards healing. It delves into the symbolic language of the cosmos and the natural world to express the complex emotions associated with trauma....

The film discusses the emotional aftermath of disasters, emphasizing the importance of expressing feelings and seeking help. It highlights personal experiences of individuals affected by hurricanes and earthquakes, focusing on their feelings of guilt...

Music is Melody's biggest obsession; she can hardly live without it. After meeting this new guy at a record store, Melody's life is flipped upside down. Her love for music begins to fade and she spirals into a depression as she struggles to find a wa...

An eccentric psychologist has limited time to experiment with a group of artists, applying unconventional methods to cure their fears, while she herself struggles with a problem that has no solution....

Huiju learned of her biopsy test results, but lied to her mum about them. Feeling guilty about the lie, she embarks on her journey to find cancer patients who have the same diagnosis as hers and learns about their experiences. After hearing their sto...

After her sister's suicide, Carey starts experiencing bizarre dreams, leading her to believe there is more to her sibling's death than she thought....

When estranged sisters Jade and Amber attend their mother’s funeral, long-held resentments and painful secrets come out into the open....

Miguel comes back to his country home with his wife after running away from the war, however, the memories of the conflict and his remorse for deserting and abandoning his friends haunts him persistently, avoiding him from distinguishing what is real...

Drawing on the idiom and imagery of the consumer culture he grew up in, video artist Paul McCarthy distorts and mutates the familiar into the disturbing and grotesque as fairy tale narratives and foods are transformed into tableaus of abuse and viola...

A hand-drawn animation about a teen boy who must save his younger self from the hideous monster that is his past trauma....

On a lonely dirt road, a car gives up the ghost. Further desperate attempts to start it also fail. After several days, the car becomes a prison for its driver and the situation takes on traumatic forms....

The story of a young Kurdish man who tries to remember his past traumatic experiences. A young migrant struggles to remember the memories of post-2015 Turkey while faced with the commemoration practices of the Holocaust. The film takes place in prese...

Healing the Nation follows community members of the Toronto-based Aboriginal Healing Program as they rediscover their culture to heal from unresolved trauma. This empowering documentary dares us to think beyond mainstream medicine and embrace Indigen...