Disease Movies

Luigi Liberio Pensuti (Roma 1903 – Molteno 1945) was one of the fathers of Italian animation. From 1930 to 1940 he worked on a long and...

A 1-minute cart ride through the mental shopping mall of attention deficit disorder. Inspired by found sound of a shopper’s vlog, hand-drawn...

No te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first full-feature film of Cantinflas after becoming a...

A man's quest to find the cure for his dying lover plunges into a hallucinatory nightmare when he discovers an underbelly he's never known existed.

Bruce Taylor works as a doctor at a mental hospital with a dark mysterious history. When the nightmares of a patient start to affect Bruce's sleep,...

A painter goes on an exile after finding out he has Guillain Barre Syndrome, a rare disorder that prevents him from painting.

Maurizio is a young university student living in Zürich, with a passion for diseases. Unlike many others, he can see an inherent beauty in them....

This project was born when I discovered a letter that my mom had written to a friend before her death. The attention she felt there, its simple and...

With the world increase in spillover diseases from animals Scientists trace outbreaks such as the Zika and Ebola viruses which have the potential to...

A precious animated short from the pioneer of Italian animation Liberio Pensuti, commissioned by the Italian National Fascist Federation against...

As the use of plastic has gained ground in our lives over the years, there has been an inexplicable increase in a number of diseases and disorders...

The novelist Shiga Naoya lives with his wife Haruko and their 4-year-old daughter Saeko. He is paranoid about Saeko’s health, making her wear...

Laura has already accepted an engagement ring from Edgar when he discovers that he has tuberculosis. Persuaded by the doctor that he risks infecting...

It was called the Black Death, a disease that started in the 14th century, and swept across Europe wiping out half the population, one of the most...

An emotional film about how we respond to tragedy.

On the final night of a heated divorce, a husband and wife acquire a strange new disease.

This film makes visible the invisible cholera germs as a young boy shows how to help the sick and guides his village in preventing the spread of...

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is the human version of mad cow disease and has been described as a "ticking time bomb" in Britain. This...

What happens when a group of Finns travel to a tiny village in Benin to participate in a vaccination study? By participating, they can aid in the...