Trauma Movies

Thirty years after the end of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1991),a filmmaker seeks to explore the trauma inflicted by the war on her family. Reverber...

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...

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.

An elderly woman finds out by the rumors of her friends that a teenager in her neighborhood has been kicked out of her home for being a lesbian. This...

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 receive...

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 deserti...

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

Experimental short film about the fragility of time

Documentary following six Americans of Japanese ancestry who were held in U.S. internment camps during World War II.

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

Violet, a piano player with rising anxiety and insomnia, finds herself struggling to distinguish her vivid dreams from reality.

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

A man and a boy play a futile game of chess in the middle of nowhere. An internal struggle between what is and what can no longer be.

Kira finds it difficult to wake up, as sleep paralysis and psychological trauma from her childhood keep her in an endless cycle of nightmares.

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

A girl sees her dead father in front of her after taking a bad fall. Her visions intensify and her true feelings about her father surface.

Lonely teen Nate, shaken by the events of his past, becomes nervous on his first day at university. Within the walls of the school lie his darkest fea...

Frontline investigates the violence, depression, and stress exhibited by a platoon of Iraq War veterans whose members who have committed murder, assau...