Trauma Movies

In a world torn apart, silence speaks louder than words. A fleeting moment of birth challenges the noise of war.

Hopper, a Vietnam vet riddled with PTSD is taken under the wing of a charismatic undercover CIA agent, Reese, promising him a newly repaired mind....

Alone in the dark, Freya encounters a terrifying presence, but what did she see? and who's going to believe her?

She'll come back, the black turkey

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

STILL HERE is a short film that depicts Omar's journey from trauma toward healing. It is inspired by the clients and work of the Center for Victims...

Renee wakes up one morning in the middle of the desert with blood on her hands. She cannot remember why she is there, how she got there or with whom...

A daughter pushes at the bounds of her relationship with her mother as she unpicks the psychological consequences of the violence she suffered.

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.

A car crash is replayed as a victim's narration shifts from disbelief to pain. Colourization and motion-controlled footage suggest the feeling of...

FALSELY SO-CALLED is an existential story of a mother’s life that documents her descent to her inevitable death as reality literally begins to...

This film is like a person standing naked in the middle of a square, covered in wounds, holding up a sign that says “Free Hug.” Many...

Many years ago, in a nearly deserted town at the foot of a mountain, lives Agostino with his wife Nina and his son Giovanni. The mountain rises up...

A final-year university student moves into a boarding house run by a caring yet possessive landlady. When strange occurrences begin to disrupt her...

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.

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

As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at the crossroads of being displaced from not only a...