Trauma Movies

a lone survivor of a travelling expedition tries to outrun his past, but that may not be the only thing catching up to him..

When an academic unearths a forgotten history, residents of the small township of Pukekohe, including kaumātua who have never told their...

A coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old girl who works at a car mechanic's and hangs out with her friends. She challenges boundaries in her search...

Since the renewed Intifada began in 2000, there have been over 75 Palestinian suicide bombings. This is the story of 0ne-the bombing of bus 32 in...

Violet, a piano player with rising anxiety and insomnia, finds herself struggling to distinguish her vivid dreams from reality.

Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing...

A young track star is derailed from his social hopes after constant isolation and harassment from his new teammates. After enduring a devastating bus...

After many years, a young girl revisits her childhood home - with consequences.

In the stillness of a remote town, a troubled writer intervenes in a neighbor’s abusive household— testing the limits of truth, heroism...

A young painter caught in the vicious cycle of creativity must overcome her innermost turmoil.

A young trainee with aspirations to become a “pilot”, a form of enhanced human, takes one last evaluation before deciding to return home,...

She'll come back, the black turkey

Some time ago, Mima had a car accident and a man died. She has almost managed to forget about it when someone starts sending her birthday cards...

Triggered by a paparazza's "photomugging" assault and then with that same paparazza as her guide, a young actress descends into the caverns of her...

Barbara was caring for her grandchildren when her granddaughter Tiara was taken from school by welfare workers. Barbara fought for the next seven...

We all carry hell with us. The filmmaker’s hell exists on a canvas, which he studied carefully in childhood. The mystical picture has many...

Seven strangers are interviewed to talk about the relationship they have with their mother.