Movies: Trauma

Clara is entering her senior year of high school - a time in life that should be carefree and filled with anticipation for the future - but her mom's mental health issues will alter Clara's plans and her sole priority will become protecting her young...

With his parents away from home, teenager Harry agrees to let old friend Jason stay for the night in his suburban mansion, allowing buried demons from their past to inhabit the house....

This psychedelic horror short inspired by vintage cinema follows a raped girl's descent into derangement and makes the audience feel as claustrophobic as the character....

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

The life of a normal Norwegian teenager is ruined by an event she can't move on from....

A young woman navigates her relationships at a pivotal point in her life....

An agoraphobic man traps himself in an astronaut costume to avoid the disastrous consequences of his condition...

The animal experience of New Year's Eve fireworks is loud and clear, even without commentary. The increasing anxiety among animals as seen through the eyes of dogs sporting GoPro cameras....

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....

In this Afro-surrealist tale, Coltrane, a gifted saxophonist haunted by trauma, struggles to stay paid and relevant in Harlem’s speakeasy scene. One drunken night, she plays for a mysterious presence promising to "feed her soul and lick her wounds"— ...

Music is Melody's biggest obsession; she can hardly live without it. After meeting this new guy at a record store, Melody's life is flipped upside down. Her love for music begins to fade and she spirals into a depression as she struggles to find a wa...

A young track star is derailed from his social hopes after constant isolation and harassment from his new teammates. After enduring a devastating bus accident, he and his nemesis must learn to accept one another in order to fully recover....

Haunted by flooding memories of their parents' verbal abuse, an insecure person decides to stop reflecting and start living the life they never knew they could have....

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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 triggers a traumatic memory that will reunite her with whom she really is, even if it means loosing ...

Vincent, a veteran who recently returned home from war, must deal with the onslaught of PTSD while simultaneously coping with the news that his ex-wife has left him. He turns to drugs and alcohol to silence the swarming hive and malicious voices in h...

Reclaiming what was once stolen from him, a man journeys back to the place of his childhood nearly 80 years after his world came crashing down....

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

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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....