Tag

Trauma

341–360 of 658 films

  • Mao’s Mango Cult

    2022 16+ 7 min

    by Kayu Leung

    The history of the Cultural Revolution in the 60s in China…from the perspective of a mango…from a factory.

    • Documentary
    • Tragedy
    • Bio-pic
    • Making of
  • Mano

    2023 13+ 7 min

    by Toke Madsen

    On a slow morning near the outskirts of a Danish city, two brothers learn to take care of themselves. Due to their neglectful mother the older brother feels the need to protect his younger sibling from the struggles of a dysfunctional family. In this broken home a rash decision leads to an unpleasant confrontation.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
  • Mamahotel

    2018 16+ 6 min

    by Tina Orosz

    A boy returns home to care for his sick mother and introduce his girlfriend to the family — but the dear mama is less than pleased with the unexpected guest.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • Mamie

    2016 16+ 6 min

    by Janice Nadeau

    Mamie lives in Gaspésie in a house that faces away from the sea. When the old woman receives an expropriation notice, her cloistered world crumbles. Her granddaughter witnesses this uprooting and starts to question the lack of real ties between them.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
  • Making Of – 27 by Flora Anna Buda

    2024 All audiences 7 min

    by Flora Anna Buda

    Flora Anna Buda, the director of 27, the multi-award-winning film, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film. 27 won many awards including the Palme d’Or for a short film at the Festival de Cannes and the Cristal for best animated short at the Annecy Film Festival.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Experimental
    • Making of
  • Lucia

    2004 10+ 8 min

    by Felix Gönnert

    Wandering about the hospital by night, Lucia discovers several x-rays. The image of a skull sparks her imagination and dream and reality begins to blur…

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Lotus Lantern

    2017 16+ 7 min

    by Calvin Xingpei Shen, Xingpei Shen

    A peek into the wax lotus. Lotus Lantern is a tribute to late Chinese singer Zhou Xuan, a missing link between filmmaker’s queer identity and Chinese heritage.

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Lost Senses

    2013 16+ 6 min

    by Marcin Wasilewski

    A short story about an encounter in an abstract world, stylized as the paintings of Giorgio De Chrico. A Man is going to meet A Woman in abstract flying city. Will the lovers meet each other? A Man is trying very hard, like a parkour practitioner, climbing up on the buildings. One unguarded moment is enough to make him lose his senses. And his chance.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Lorn – Anvil

    2016 Adults 4 min

    by GERIKO (Hélène Jeudy & Antoine Caëcke)

    The year 2100. In an effort to combat overpopulation, the postmortem social network “Anvil” is released. A fusion of both Japanese and Belgian comics inspirations and sensibilities, such as Ghost in the Shell, Akira or Peeters & Schuiten’s work. “Anvil” invites us on a journey through the eyes of a young woman in her final moments on earth.

    • Sci-Fi
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Music Videos
  • Look at Me Only

    2016 16+ 7 min

    by Tomoki Misato

    Having forgotten exciting feelings of the early days of the relationship, the man drifts along petting his guinea pig. One day he meets a beauty of flower who appreciates the pet.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Romance
  • Live a Little

    2018 16+ 4 min

    by Jenny Jokela

    Live a Little is a visual poem about the anxieties and struggles of fitting in and acting in accordance with the social norms of how a young woman should behave.

    • Drama
    • Music Videos
    • Experimental
  • Little Tom Thumb

    1980 16+ 11 min

    by Milan Blažeković

    This is a story based on the fairy tale about little Thumbelina. In our case, little Palčić becomes a symbol of a “small” man who works diligently, while others, the “big” ones, derive material benefit from it. At the end of the story, a good fairy appears and as a reward for his diligence, turns him into a great man. The misfortune was that it happened at the wrong time and in the wrong place. He was cruelly punished, because society needs these “little” people, and it gives them wide opportunities for work and only for work.

    • Tragicomedy
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
  • Lili

    2016 16+ 10 min

    by Hani Dombe, Tom Kouris

    Lili refuses to let go of her childhood fights a sandstorm that threatens to take it away. In the heart of the storm she rediscovers the joy of childhood, but forced to choose between illusion and reality.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
  • Like a parrot

    2015 Adults 2 min

    by Rohit Asokan

    Kili Pola’ is about a young butcher’s emotional upheavals during his first kill. It traces the psychological journey of the boy while learning the craft of killing from his father and how he feels after having practiced the job for the first time.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Horror
    • Experimental
  • by Christopher Childs

    In a luscious garden, a sickly man is cared for by a group of strange librarians.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Letter to a Pig

    2022 Adults 17 min

    by Tal Kantor

    A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.

    • Drama
  • Letter to My Body

    2020 16+ 2 min

    by Elyse Kelly

    An intimate conversation between one’s true self and the body they’ve been given. Based on the poem Letter to My Body, written and read by Joy Ladin.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Letters

    2016 13+ 5 min

    by David Mussel

    A woman trapped in her memories receives a letter that makes her face the fears of her past.

    • Drama
    • Experimental