Trauma Movies

Two brothers, separated by time and prison bars, reestablish contact. Inspired by James Baldwin's short story, 'Sonny's Blues.'

Gabriella, a young twenty-five year old from Milan , is married to the lawyer Bernasconi, a middle-aged man, without scruples, who in the past had...

A lonely woman's prank phone call leads to an unexpected friendship with a grieving widow.

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

Binyamin moved to Tel Aviv after coming out as gay and facing the trauma following his brother death for which he feels responsible. Binyamin's life...

A shy art student joins a surfing club—and falls for the senior who teaches him more than just how to ride the waves.

Cristiano, Francisco and Gabriel are three good old friends celebrating their entrance in the University. But in a horror night, the fun gets mixed...

An amateur theatre after-party leads to 26 charges being pressed. A man must confront his fragmented memories as he's pried and prodded for details...

The brutal murder of her parents leaves daughter and only witness, Finn, injured and traumatised. The police place her at the remote house of trauma...

Margot's overwhelming experience of miscarriage.

Some time ago, Mima had a car accident and a man died. She has almost managed to forget about it when someone starts sending her birthday cards...

On a night of reckoning, an immigrant teen confronts her mother’s fury—and finds a mirror of her own fragility

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

Fifteen-year-old Klara is raped by a masked boy during Wet Monday. A year later, just before the first anniversary of the incident, she becomes...

A police officer scarred by personal tragedy finds himself caught up in a war between criminal clans after a murder ordered by the cartel, unleashing...

A traumatized cheer captain races to stop a masked killer and the new tourist attraction aimed to exploit her tragedy from a year earlier.

Damien, a 16-year old swimmer, clashes with his Coach at practice. In parallel, Damien plays with his younger brother at a hotel waterslide, but his...

Twelve-year-old Simone feels painfully disconnected from the world after witnessing the brutal death of her mother. Simone, a solitary multimedia...

In her attempt to escape her past, Huiju relocated to the UK over 11 months ago. However, even after moving to a new country, she found that her...

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