Childhood Trauma Movies

With his familial bookshop on the verge of bankruptcy, Simon finds himself retreating more and more to his cabin in the woods. After witnessing...

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold...

Athena was abused by her father during her childhood. Years later, without answers and marked by the absence of justice, she decides to take matters...

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

Humans are story-telling creatures. By thinking, we all unconsciously "author" a self-story in our heads. Most often, the characters and plot of our...

While cleaning out her recently deceased grandfather's house, a traumatized young woman must confront her narcissistic brother's behavior and the...

Claudia revisits the house where she spent summers.

Filmmaker Froukje van Wengerden’s 86-year-old grandmother shares a powerful memory from 1944, when she was just 14. As her story unfolds, we...

Sixteen year-old Bobby is emotionally damaged by his mother's early death. He accidentally causes a nun's death, unleashing a chain of supernatural...

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...

The story follows a gay man as he confronts the psychological trauma and homophobic conditioning inflicted by his strict religious upbringing....

A short film based on a real interview with a kid survived the 2006 war on Lebanon.

A short film by Ana Cristina Barragán.

After a brief encounter with another boy at age 11, Ari Wallenmeier is forced to undergo Conversion Therapy. Now 35 years old and “fixed", Ari...

A mentally disturbed "Hamburger Killer" stalks the streets murdering unsuspecting fast food diners in this 1978 low budget comedy-horror short.

After her parents tragically died in a car crash, Lily is adopted and raised by Jeff, the driver of the other car. Jeff's young wife did not survive...

tercerosombra is a surreal and experimental short film about suppressed emotions, childhood fears, bodily anxiety and the fragile relationship...

In this quiet, naturalistic dramatic short, six-year old Sarah grapples with understanding mortality after the sudden death of her older brother,...

A little cat witnesses the passing of his family.

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