Childhood Trauma Movies

An autobiographical, partly animated, documentary about a filmmaker striving for a better future as a survivor of childhood sexual assault.

Heta ysyryre gueteri jahasata. Translating from guaraní: Many ways to go! Olga inhabits this world. Just like every day, Olga gets up to have...

The artist Johanna Faust is about to leave her children to finally devote herself to her art again. A vague memory comes to her mind: Didn't her...

A child runs into the woods in an attempt to escape Evil.

A daughter returns to her childhood home for a meal, which her mother will only endure if she gets her daughter's severed eyeball in return.

When Connor is unexpectedly told he needs to find another place to stay, he's thrust into the streets of Darwin with no safety net. A chance...

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

A female college student went missing. The police questioned her two closest relations about the girl's whereabouts.

When an eccentric stranger promises to cure his claustrophobia, a sceptical man agrees to her treatment, only to discover that escaping his fear may...

OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian...

5 years old Yang spends an afternoon with his mother on a shopping trip. When he throws a tantrum after feeling neglected, she decides to punish him...

In the aftermath of war, an extraordinary professor brings hope to children haunted by trauma-induced nightmares.

Trapped in their own thoughts, a young person whose life and identity have always been shaped by others must confront their traumas to finally become...

Amaris lives inside a fractured inner world where memory and identity blurs together. She awakens chained within a cage. Her mind rebuilds the past...

A young girl retraces her relationship with her mother while they bake a pie together. Until she starts to remember what she seemed to have forgotten.

THE FOUL TRUTH charts the story of a young teenager - Thoithoiba (played by Priyakanta Laishram), who is a survivor of male sexual assault. The story...

Alice Miller (1923-2010) psychologist and researcher, became world famous for her books about child abuse and its consequences. But how was it like...

“A fragile journey into childhood, suspended between dream and harsh reality.”

This world is not made for fairy-tale adventures. Viri, a 12-year-old, realises this as she embarks on a solo stroll during a vacation with her...