Movies: Abuse

“No Bruises” is a narrative short film that explores the cyclical nature of emotional abuse, played out in vignette-style glimpses into one man’s relationships with three different women over time....

A young lady gets a call from her mother with the news that her brother has tried to kill himself....

A 2D animated short film about two kids living on an island surrounded by monsters. The girl and the boy lead seemingly normal lives amidst this chaos. However, when the girl suspects her friend is being mistreated at home, she fearlessly takes on th...

In a tense trial, a prestigious professor finds himself caught up in a storm of accusations. As hidden truths are uncovered, his life and the reputations of those around him will be on the brink of collapse....

A short documentary examining the consequence of time within the fragility of memory, exposing a sense of self, trapped within materiality and fantasy. We observe Chrystalla in her safe place, her home, reflecting on her childhood, her successful bea...

Film exploring the sensitive issue of disclosing child sexual and physical abuse through the depiction of peer and trusted adult relationships....

Sleazy director "auditioning" actresses for a movie and trying to get them to commit to more to get the part....

Stacey Dooley goes behind closed doors and speaks to the now younger face of domestic violence. She questions victims and abusers to try and understand how deep the issues surrounding domestic abuse are for those who have survived and those currently...

Set in grey space, the film tells us the story of a young girl named Jahnvi sitting alone in a dark, single room carrying multiple thoughts about her beloved and her relationship with him. Her chain of thought breaks when her friend Aman enters the s...

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The film begins as a personal journey of filmmaker, Mary Healey, who was also a Catholic. She films a series of historic events where we meet key players involved in the sexual abuse scandal, including victims, whistle-blower priests and a senior ran...

At the age of 10, Natascha Kampusch was kidnapped and held captive for eight years by a deranged man. In 2006, she managed to escape, and the world discovered an astonishingly articulate and intelligent young woman. Not only did Peter Reichard film 1...

On a mission to expose child predators, two underaged girls strike up a relationship with an older man online....

Boomah is notorious and knife-savvy female gang member who becomes embroiled in a power struggle between street thugs and religious extremists while battling the traumas of her harrowing orphaned past....

What would you do if your husband turned your house into a jungle? This is a short film focusing around mental entrapment in an emotionally abusive relationship, using plants as a metaphor....

Photographic story of abuse in a couple....

A little girl decides to expose the monster that haunts her every night....

Sometimes the only way to safety lies on dark paths.......

A young Brazilian actress preparing for a once in a lifetime audition in Los Angeles is haunted by the spirit of another actress, and triggers a battle between obsession and possession as she becomes more immersed in the role....

Abuse is all around us, where do you fit in? Swing is an abstract , stylized dark comedy about abuse. In this short film, escalating abuse is depicted in familiar situations, highlighting how accustomed we have become as both the victims and perpetr...