Illness Movies

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

Centered around a soldier returning home from deployment to find his boyfriend diagnosed with stage three Leukemia.

Two women set out on a road trip across the American West. Junior is trying to let go of her past. Mads is trying to find hers. Their long journey...

A struggling actor's life is turned upside down when his estranged mother appears on his doorstep with a terminal illness.

Martje is the manager of a successful laundry service, but in her personal life she struggles with her self-image after the amputation of one of her...

At a time where there were no alarm-clocks, an old men worked as an awaker. Every day he walked the long way from his house to the village until he...

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...

Teenager Calvin gets drawn into a cult that worships youth but threatens adults. His father struggles to rescue him - but Calvin may not want saving.

Inés, Irene and Ivonne gather at their mother's house to attend their father's funeral; they will not return until a year after for the...

In a tuberculosis-clinic a young patient steels the hearts of her fellow patients.

A short film about what it’s like to work in an emergency department at a large hospital in Stockholm.

Trapped in limbo by the vivid memories of his recently departed mother, the family home becomes an allegory for a son's loss.

A simple organic fruit farmer Rong Guang (Wu Kang-Ren) is raising his son Feng (Chen Yu-Cheng) alone in a small rural community, although with poor...

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

A father intends to save the life of his own son, by paying out a new type of suicide life insurance.

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...