An autobiographical, partly animated, documentary about a filmmaker striving for a better future as a survivor of childhood sexual assault.
A woman tells us the feelings of her childhood, through an atmospheric journey to her past, where we relive that traumatic moment: her father's abuse.
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 see a group of contemporary 14-year-old girls. Their procession of portraits permits the spectator to see simultaneously forward and back, into the future and towards the past. A miraculous testimonial that uses eye contact to focus the viewer inward and evoke unexpected emotions.
A troubled young adult seduces and blackmails unsuspecting strangers on a dating site.
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 grandmother do the same thing, with terrible consequences? The intimate road movie tells of lost mothers and abandoned children, of the temptations and the price of self-fulfilment, of the abysses of motherhood and of the deep longing for another life.
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 story is framed by negative experiences from childhood. These painful "stories" then determine our emotions, leading to unhealthy stress, and changes in body chemistry. This is how a person's self-story can turn into a stress-related illness.
A little cat witnesses the passing of his family.
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?
Heta ysyryre gueteri jahasata. Translating from guaraní: Many ways to go! Olga inhabits this world. Just like every day, Olga gets up to have coffee and live another day of small conflicts and family omissions. But this may not be a Saturday like any other, and starting from somewhat disturbing encounters, we will accompany Olga in her being in the world.
A popular live streamer gets invited to a podcast where the questions begin to blur the line between reality and his traumatic past.
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 revolves around the social stigma and discrimination attached to male sexual assault/male rape.
The trembling starts in his neck when Markus gets closer to the images that have chased him for 49 years. Now he steers his motor home south, as far away from his past as possible.
This short animation presents the haunting story of two brothers who share the scars, though not the memories, of an untold history that has driven them to existential extremes.
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 short film based on a real interview with a kid survived the 2006 war on Lebanon.
A short film by Ana Cristina Barragán.
In the aftermath of war, an extraordinary professor brings hope to children haunted by trauma-induced nightmares.
A young man, severely addicted to drugs due to childhood abuse, has his life impacted even further after a meeting with his dealer goes horribly wrong.