Movies: Childhood trauma

This is the story of Pablo, a young uruguayan exiled in México, whose father was disappeared during the military dictatorship....

Carter, afflicted all his life by a repressed childhood trauma, begins to break through new barriers in his identity and tries to escape his dissociative nature by giving flowers to a girl he hopes will help him come closer in returning to common rea...

A little cat witnesses the passing of his family....

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Alice Miller (1923-2010) psychologist and researcher, became world famous for her books about child abuse and its consequences. But how was it like to grow up as her son? And why did she keep parts of her history a secret?...

An exploration into why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. By revisiting childhood trauma victims profiled decades ago, we learn how their experiences shaped their lives as adults....

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

In the wake of Glasgow’s rapid deindustrialization and economic decline in the 90s, a young Fraser falls victim to knife crime and is indelibly marked with a “Glasgow smile”, irrevocably impacting his sense of self and relationship to food....

Unhappy with his unstimulating home life, 9-year-old Daniel yearns to be abducted by aliens. He sneaks out of his house to relive the kind of adventures he once shared with his dad, but encounters a seedy cast of characters on his journey to see the ...

Harley, a twenty-year-old college student, visits her doctor to share how she's been feeling off lately. A recent culmination of events has caused her to spiral. Her everyday life turns toward a cold path as she falls into an obstructive rhythm of co...

It seems innocent enough. Struggling young artist Daniel King is invited by his childhood friend Natasha......

Preschool to Prison is a compelling examination of how the United States public school system is built and operated like prisons. Zero-tolerance policies are used to justify suspension and arrests that set up a pathway to send children of color and c...

OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian children undergo military detention in a system where ill-treatment is widespread and institutionalized. Fo...

A man who was abused as a child by his community returns there to take revenge....

Holotropic Breathwork is arguably one of the most powerful and effective non-pharmacological methods of psychotherapy and self-exploration. It integrates in its theory and practice the findings from modern consciousness research, depth psychology, an...

Upon suddenly learning of her imminent death, Jacqueline von Kaenel begins to search for the key to her life. Unsparingly, she looks back and discovers how everything is connected; her youth in Franco’s Spain with her mother’s feudal past in eastern ...

Set in the pastoral mountains of northern Iran, eight-year-old Sahand has been rendered mute by the loss of his mother during the war. He is taken care of by his older sister as he struggles to process his trauma....

A short film by Ana Cristina Barragán....

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