Illness Movies

Aaron is a 19 year-old with a close relationship with his family. His grandmother Pilar has dementia and wants to return to Salcedillo, the village...

Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits,...

Cameron Duncan wrote, directed and starred in this short film, the same year a lump in his knee turned out to be cancerous. Aged only 16, Duncan had...

A thirteen-year-old girl named Daisy, who suffers from terminal Epidermolysis Bullosa, meets Stinky, a British war veteran and drug addict. Like...

A patient with chronic anemia marries her doctor, but falls in love with his colleague.

A documentary that records the daily life of a mother with a limited life expectancy and a grandmother, directed by the daughter, Haruyo Kato.

Ognyan and Vera meet again after 10 years of separation. What unites them is a "time capsule" buried by them when they were children. Childhood...

Cicily is on her last train out of New York after learning that she must return home to treat her life-threatening illness. While on the train,...

It tells the story of a group of young men who are wounded by the events of the terrible events of their 18 years of life, including being branded as...

Two lonely people at opposite chapters of life accidentally meet on a busy summer day in a Cairo taxi. Frail old Shawky and bubbly young Doaa are...

How many imaginary deathly diseases can you have before you die from fear and anxiety? This short documentary answers this question by trying to show...

This educational film combines medical information and story to teach the viewers about the prevention and treatment of syphilis. The four episodes...

Ten-year-old Adam suffers from Juvenile Arthritis. To cope with the daily struggles of his illness Adam draws comics and retreats into his...

A woman whose sister suffers from Bipolar Disorder.

In an early 19th century African village, Wend Kuuni – a young man, lives with his adopted family after his mother was killed as a witch. When...

Plagued by cluster headaches that turn his life into a living horror, Adam secretly seeks euthanasia as a final escape. When Evelyn discovers his...