Illness Movies

A dreaded sickness destroys Karen Viljoen life as rich man's wife. She is diagnosed as leprous. While Karen is in the Westford hospital with her...

Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says...

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

A young man meets a 23-year-old cancer patient on the way to the park and disrupts her plan to commit suicide.

Inside the dramatic search for a cure to ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). 17 million people around the world suffer from...

Marion is an artist with FSH, an incurable muscular myopathy. She guides us on the path she has taken to no longer identify with her illness.

A sick boy's toy rabbit comes to life. Part of the Enchanted Musical Playhouse series. Marie Osmond played the part of the Velveteen Rabbit. Songs...

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

On the eve of her husband’s birthday, Esther struggles to come to terms with an impending event.

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

A rational young man and his devoutly Catholic wife believe their sickly son may have leukemia. As they await further tests over a weekend they both...

an exploration of queerness and fear of illness through personal and shared experiences.

A young wife discovers that she has Hodgkin's Disease. It can be treated, but complicating the situation is the fact that she is pregnant, and the...

During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early twenties, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of his bone...

A successful businessman's life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with cancer. On the verge of giving up, he forms an unlikely bond with a...

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

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...

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...

How many imaginary deathly diseases can you have before you die from fear and anxiety? This short documentary answers this question by trying to show...