Movies: Trauma

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. At home everywhere and nowhere. Living a now-now life. Click and - next, please. Until she meets A...

In 2002, Jason Padgett was the victim of a vicious beating outside a karaoke bar in Tacoma, Washington. Upon regaining consciousness, Padgett’s sight was forever altered by a condition called acquired savant syndrome. The brain trauma opened his eyes...

A father and husband going through the fourth stage of grief confronts his wife in hopes of getting their family back together....

A boxer tries to recover from the memories he brought back from war....

Based on a Poem by Fabi De Luca She always thought something like this wouldn‘t happen to her. No man would disgrace himself because of her. Of course she is used to sexist comments, after all she gets spoiled with them every day....

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This film is a collection of my experiences more than it being a visual poetry, my trauma, how i cope and my journey....

A filmmaker explores the past through various video archives in hopes of making sense of his suicidal ideation....

Two ordinary women who accidentally committed a crime wanted to cover up their tracks. However, the internal conflict they faced as women in the eyes of society ultimately prevented them from carrying out their intention....

A psychologist who, upon receiving patients suffering from mental illness, is reminded of their own past traumatic memories and decides to consult another psychologist....

A young woman comes to a remote island to get away from it all, taking refuge at a modern studio utopia. Her stay is jarringly interrupted by an acoustic installation artist. Tension between the contrasting personalities rises as differing lifestyles...

Five teenagers, Chris, Kai, Nic, Alex and Katherine, explore the Australian wilderness to see if they can capture a ghost that science-fiction nerd Nic has read an article about. The group's teenage antics and increasingly heated arguments are interr...

With the loss of her mother imminent, a young woman realises that she must comfort another with similar traumas....

After surviving a car accident, thirteen-year-old Edvin isolates himself from friends and family. When his father forces him to go to rehabilitation, he can no longer avoid dealing with his trauma....

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 make a film about the psychotherapeutic treatment with LSD of a former concentration camp prisoner ...

Barbara was caring for her grandchildren when her granddaughter Tiara was taken from school by welfare workers. Barbara fought for the next seven months to have her returned and finally won but the consequences of the removal on the family will never...

If the wind spoke the language of children, what would its voice be? The film tells the story of migrating children that have found refuge from war in an abandoned school, protected from the horrifying whistling of the wind. When one of them disappea...

A boy begins to learn the truth about his sheltered life....

An adolescent girl loses her mother and is left to live with her distant family members. She discovers her aunt is keeping her from the last letter her mother left for her, growing her resentment toward her family....

A woman plagued with problems tries to solve them with pills but gets a bigger experience than she bargained for. Can one pill make it all go away?...