Trauma Movies

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

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....

Barbara was caring for her grandchildren when her granddaughter Tiara was taken from school by welfare workers. Barbara fought for the next seven...

Manon, a young woman who has just left a cult, faces the everyday uses with apprehension. She feels the gap with the people around her, who don't...

Found memories decayed by the shock patterns of childhood trauma. This films is made mostly with footage found in the bin of an ophanage. The white...

Experimental short film about the fragility of time

A short documentary featuring a brief overview of Bill Gothard's ministries, and some of the consequences for his followers.

After many years, a young girl revisits her childhood home - with consequences.

After being imprisoned for dangerous driving, causing the death of a child and possession of illegal substances, Jason Buckley is finding it...

Set in the pastoral mountains of northern Iran, eight-year-old Sahand has been rendered mute by the loss of his mother during the war. He is taken...

She'll come back, the black turkey

A social outcast works as an electronic repair technician and keeps to himself, until on his way home he finds a discarded laptop, repairs it, and...

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 lone survivor of a travelling expedition tries to outrun his past, but that may not be the only thing catching up to him..

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

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...

Suffocating memories dominate the mind of a young woman living alone on a houseboat. Ruled by her own fantasies, she lingers to the sound of old...

Roxana follows a young mother’s return to the juvenile detention center she was once incarcerated in, now as a trained somatic therapist....

Clare has only her dog to keep her company. Her life isn't going so well. This morning, it's about to get much worse.