Traumatic Childhood Movies

A man estranged from his family confronts the painful memories of his childhood and the struggles of growing up with an autistic sibling, forcing him...

A filmmaker unearths a pervasive history of multigenerational trauma in her Italian-American family. As decades of secrets, home movies, and...

During a family dinner, Marine, a young women firefighter and pyromaniac, and Simon, her brother who's suffering from depression, see each other...

In this documentary, we follow Zwangere Guy during a period of loneliness, pain, and healing. For the first time in his life, he has stopped using...

Preschool to Prison is a compelling examination of how the United States public school system is built and operated like prisons. Zero-tolerance...

A man from an upper class family is manipulated into laundering drug money by his brother.

Seven people gather in a therapy room to face their shared, debilitating fear of clowns. As they share their traumas, they desperately try to find a...

A traumatised mother sets off on a personal mission to retrieve her daughter’s favourite stuffed animal from their old home, but can she pull...

A found footage film about suicidal ideation. Text written by Hannelore Commers.

Maya is Ayaibex's daughter, an addict in recovery that feels a blame for damages that caused her daughter, Maya decides to remember her mother's...

While recording a video tribute to his family, Leo (Rafael Gevú) unravels special moments lived with his beloved uncle Raul to free himself...

A young woman's look at herself through a dream

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

New parents Jerry and Andrea have endured their fair share of discrimination growing up. They hope their new son can grow up identifying as something...