Illness Movies

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

An animated science-fiction short directed by Matthew Hood. A mechanical man finds his routine of life disturbed by illness from an unusual source.

A family tragedy during the recession of 2008, catalyzed by unemployment, personal crisis, and illness.

Based on Robert Sullivan’s bestselling book, Morgan Spurlock and his team travel around the world to bring viewers face to face with rats while...

A beautiful and vital film that tells the story of a young woman's fight with death.

Jail of Flesh, is a documentary that delves into a rare neurological disease. It is fatal, incurable and what provokes it is unknown. Amyotrophic...

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...

An ant colony finds that the strange new food source they've discovered may be something more of a curse than a boon.

A young woman combating an illness begins to have chilling visions. Is it a hallucination or is it just the illness.

A man with a terminal illness goes throughout his day. Something then happens that changes his life forever.

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

Patrick, who has had diabetes for 25 years and is treated with insulin, is gradually losing his sight. He has agreed to laser treatment as the only...