Trauma Movies

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 collage film documenting dissociation, sexual assault, and all the times I didn't have words for myself.

A depressed man purchases a goblin to heal his trauma and depression, and is forced to face himself.

Second-hand car sales man Willenbrock has everything that he could ever wish for. He is married, has two lovers, a cottage in the German city...

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

A disturbed twenty something grapples with the weight of his past through a series of visits from an all knowing "psychologist".

Five friends in their 20ies try to make it as artists while struggling with psychological disorders and disregulated lives. Abandoned to themselves,...

When she has the chance to hold her former abuser accountable for his crimes, a traumatized young woman must confront her buried trauma to reclaim...

What if we changed viewpoints? "Bullying, our lives after" highlights the suffering of adults who were once bullied pupils. Ten, twenty or thirty...

After a tragic accident Grace is lost and alone in the Smoky Mountains. Grace's struggle for survival is made more complicated by her troubled past....

This documentary film will follow Juman and Zahrina’s journey in the process of healing from the trauma of the Aceh Tsunami, 20 years ago.

After a rape, fifteen-year-old Alice, a motocross champion, discovers that she has superpowers. It only remains to be seen how she will use...

After numerous military operations, Major Müller can't find a way back into civilian life. Following his urge to communicate, the Major is...

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.

An eccentric psychologist has limited time to experiment with a group of artists, applying unconventional methods to cure their fears, while she...

Guinevere begins having disturbing nightmares about her boyfriend. As the dreams grow more vivid and frequent, she gradually loses the ability to...

Living in a small rural town, with little available emotional help around her, a young woman returns for a visit to her therapist. She finally...

When an academic unearths a forgotten history, residents of the small township of Pukekohe, including kaumātua who have never told their...

Ready for a new life abroad, a woman's last trip home forces her to confront the crushing guilt of a past tragedy.