Illness Movies

Dedicated Dr. Jordan is increasingly concerned about the health risks suffered by workers at a local pottery factory. "In Harrison Pratt's badly...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

I didn't worry about it, until the symptoms got worse. The doctors said I had no cure, I'd be sick for the rest of my life. I wish they had been...

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

A professional novelist struggles to resolve an increasingly burdensome family situation, and his relationship with his partner, all the while...

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...

Lutz Riewe provides a deep insight into his journey in the fight against panic attacks and cirrhosis of the liver. Doctors and important people from...