Illness Movies

A profile of the controversial novelist Mitsuharu Inoue, filmed during the last years of his life.

Autumn 1979: 15-year-old Motte’s world is turned upside down when his best friend Bogi falls seriously ill, his parents separate, and he falls...

Jordy, a 12 years old dreamer, has locked himself into the imaginary universe of his favorite movie, “Stand by me”. His elder brother...

A precarious highway carries an unnamed protagonist to a series of doctors' appointments, where it is unclear what ails her. She speaks to no one and...

Nine years and nine months: that's how long it took Cécile Togni and her partner Benjamin to finally fulfill their dream of having a child....

In this powerful story, a teenage girl escapes reality through live action role-playing when her mother is suffering an illness, which will soon...

Seeking evidence of an afterlife for her seriously ill father, a Dublin teenager attempts to contact the spirit of late Irish rockstar Phil Lynott.

Giorgio, a young soldier, is in love with Clara. But they are separated when Giorgio is posted far away, where he meets the unhappy, unhealthy, and...

The A.I. system in a home informs a woman that her husband has a certain condition. And now she has to make a very tough choice.

An extraordinary video diary about living with AIDS documenting, with guts and humor, the love and dedication of longtime companions Tom Joslin and...

Alena falls mysteriously ill after Mira breaks off their secret relationship.

17-year-old Guido suffers since his early childhood from neurodermatitis. After being taken to the hospital due to a heavy attack, he starts to...

The lives of Anna, Paul and their little son Thomas seem perfect from the outside. Paul has a well-paid job, Anna has a home studio where she works...

Having just lost her mother, Anna finds herself facing a nightmarish situation...a fur monster appears in her home. She will have to live with this...

The fight against breast cancer has inspired this story, in which Silvia, finds reasons to celebrate when she meets Rafa

2013, Taipei, a gay couple who just moved in together are forced to separate because one of them has HIV...

In the quiet villa, a girl cares for her ailing father, a man confronting the weight of his past as his body fails him. As their days blur between...

‘Voices from the Shadows’ shows the brave and sometimes heartrending stories of five ME patients and their carers, along with input from...

A fisherman's daughter has to accept her father's disease when she arrives at her childhood home and finds her father vulnerable and fragile.