Child Abuse Movies

An altar boy and a gardener decide to break a long and painful silence by denouncing the Catholic priest who abused them as minors. This...

A young Filipino man learns to be the caregiver of his abusive grandmother who suffers from dementia, only to be mistaken as her old lover.

OBAIDA, a short film by Matthew Cassel, explores a Palestinian child’s experience of Israeli military arrest. Each year, some 700 Palestinian...

Lea, at 10 years old, still wets her bed. Gloria, her mother, divorced and almost absent, is looking for a wet nurse. Along comes Maria, a young girl...

A foster child is pushed to his limits and develops a telekinetic defense mechanism. A short film dedicated to abused children everywhere.

A man stuck in time of his greatest trauma grew up suppressing it in order to avoid being judged; thinking that it was all his fault. Years of...

Suffering child abuse marks you, conditions you and limits you. But what's next? 7:11 Cuarzo is a documentary short film that delves into the...

In the intensive care station, the young doctor, Miranda Schwarz, is feeling morally conflicted about having to save her tormentor's life.

After his release from a wrongful incarceration, Adam Wurlitz, secures a job as a live-in groundskeeper for abusive father and angry entrepreneur,...

Mariam, Asiya, and Anissa were 11, 7, and 5 years old when they were raped. The attackers were their paternal uncle, a neighborhood youth, and the...

En route to an audition, aspiring actress Leila stops at a motel and hooks up with one of the locals. After swallowing a weed edible, she is flooded...

An unlikely combination of objects and people are assembled to create this heartwarming tale of perseverance, friendship and love.

Life becomes complicated for a troubled teen when he makes friends with a gay schoolmate.

Juana, Mar, and Eduardo tell their stories of abuse.

A poignant all-Indigenous English and Cree-English collaborative documentary that breaks long-held silences imposed upon indigenous children who were...

Linda is a struggling single parent who is raising her mute daughter Annie, desperate for money, she seeks help from a shady guy she met online.

With the VHS images of his childhood, Miguel tells Fábio a particular story of his experience as a Colombian child and of the first...

December the 31th, 2003. Lucie decides to write a letter to the man who abused her from the age of 8 to 12 years old and resolves herself to bring it...