Illness Movies

Monks at remote Lansley Abbey face crisis when plague victims become undead. As refugees seek shelter and infected attack, the brothers clash over...

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...

A woman whose sister suffers from Bipolar Disorder.

Two brothers are going through financial difficulties to pay for their mother's medical treatment. One of them also has a significant debt that...

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...

Boris Buzančić plays an idealistic young doctor who is assigned a nearly deserted village. The backwards residents at first resent...

It follows a chronically ill young woman who finds herself alone at rock bottom, struggling to come to terms with her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis...

A melodrama about a painter who is infected with syphilis, refuses treatment, turns to the use instead of narcotics, and withers away.

Lou Colpé has been filming her grandparents since she was 15. In the process of this intense relationship, she notices some disconcerting...

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...

Brussels, La Monnaie Opera House. Three people near the end of their lives meet with choreographers, actors and musicians. They take part in a unique...

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...

Vince is a 13-year-old drummer. His father, Fred, is 48, and a faded guitarist and singer rock "star." He’s going to play with him one of his...

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

Daniel is ten years old and is very ill. His parents need to find a donor for a liver transplant, nobody is willing to help, they have little time...

Serious health issues and cultural resistance to inter-ethnic marriage test a young couple's relationship.

Told via Seussian poem, the short film exhibits the bravery of a person who has faced the ultimate adversity...a tummy ache.

The film "Sanitation: Why All The Fuss?" emphasizes the critical importance of sanitation in food handling for public health. It explains how...

Lotte (18) and Roos (16) are sisters and both have Usher syndrome. That means they will soon become deaf and blind. It is not known how fast that...