Movies: Trauma

Susan, kidnapped and trapped in a room, lives in a cycle of apathy and emptiness. In a catatonic state, she repeats her days slowly, moving disjointedly, as if she were no longer part of herself....

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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...

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A woman goes on a strange journey through the woods; Bookended by two dreams....

Seven strangers are interviewed to talk about the relationship they have with their mother....

A love story set against the backdrop of the climate crisis and the opioid epidemic, Echo and Wild are two urban Indigenous land defenders. On the one-year anniversary of their arrest on the front lines, a death in their community opens old wounds bu...

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....

The story of Christina Lau and her relationship with her parents as she recounts the happy and traumatic memories of her childhood and adolescence. She shares the ways in which the tragic demise of her father and mother have affected her and shaped w...

'Haftasonu' tells the story of Hasan, who travels to Cyprus after many years following the death of his father. As he spends a weekend in his childhood village, his sense of belonging and identity will be questioned by all within. Following a festiv...

Experimental short film about the fragility of time...

The story of a young Kurdish man who tries to remember his past traumatic experiences. A young migrant struggles to remember the memories of post-2015 Turkey while faced with the commemoration practices of the Holocaust. The film takes place in prese...

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....