Trauma Movies

A mother and her three children try to live peacefully despite the presence of a menacing, unpredictable and irrational father.

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

Vincent, a veteran who recently returned home from war, must deal with the onslaught of PTSD while simultaneously coping with the news that his...

A daughter returns to her childhood home for a meal, which her mother will only endure if she gets her daughter's severed eyeball in return.

A young painter caught in the vicious cycle of creativity must overcome her innermost turmoil.

A film that delves into director Jean Carlomusto's family history by trying to find out if the rumors about her grandmother's death -- trying to rid...

As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at the crossroads of being displaced from not only a...

unknit the ghost is a live show exploring addiction and cycles of trauma. The show combines live performers choreographed by Charlie Jimenez with...

Hopper, a Vietnam vet riddled with PTSD is taken under the wing of a charismatic undercover CIA agent, Reese, promising him a newly repaired mind....

A traumatic injury and disability, the filmmaker is also the subject, trying to find his way out of a coma like state. Searching for answers, he...

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

Haunted by a childhood tragedy, Aarav is forced onto a relentless path where justice demands blood, silence breeds monsters, and every choice pushes...

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

In the quiet hum of a café, two strangers cross paths - Kabir, a doctor weighed down by unfinished work and unspoken loneliness, and Vaani, an...

At a Halloween party a man's traumatic past is reawakened when he sees someone who looks identical to his former abuser.

A short fil that follows a body subjected to institutional and diffuse forms of power: medicalization, psychiatric labeling, regimes of sexuality,...

The film discusses the emotional aftermath of disasters, emphasizing the importance of expressing feelings and seeking help. It highlights personal...

She'll come back, the black turkey