Two women embracing.
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Bigger Than Trauma
Streaming on Hot Docs at Home
Saturday, Apr 30, 2022 9:00 AM
Twenty-five years after the Croatian War of Independence, women who were raped and abused by former schoolmates and neighbours, many of whom still live nearby, confront their traumas through an unorthodox therapy group and make surprising discoveries of who they might have been.
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Twenty-five years after Croatian War of Independence, the surviving women have not healed. The justice system is slow, the legal process of fact-finding is agonizing and government support largely translates into tranquilizers and silence. Many families still live near the very men who raped and tortured them, and surrounded by trauma, they exist in the past, unable to move forward. Katica, Ana and Marija attend a pioneering program that invites both Serbian and Croatian women to try deep, reformative personal therapy together. Intimate cameras witness them examining photos of themselves before the war and skeptically trying physical touch exercises. Frictions within the group erupt along cultural lines, reinforcing past pain, but this is precisely what is required to cultivate acceptance and peace. For three years, they share their most private, damaging thoughts and by virtue of their own courage transform from collateral damage of an old war to more empowered women living today. Myrocia Watamaniuk



Film Info
Runtime:90
Copyright:2022
Country Listing:Croatia
Premiere Status:International Premiere
Landing Page:https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival/films/2022/bigger-than-trauma
Festival Info
Festival Year:2022
Language:Croatian
Accessibility:Full Subtitles
Program Category:The Changing Face of Europe
Film Subjects:Crime & the Justice System
European Cultures & Issues
Mental Health & Trauma
War & Conflict
Women & Women's Stories
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Vedrana Pribacic
Producer(s):Mirta Puhlovski
Executive Producer(s):Mirta Puhlovski
Writer(s):Mirta Puhlovski
Vedrana Pribacic
Editor(s):Marta Broz
Cinematography:Dario Hacek
Dinka Radonic
Composer:Cipkice
Eivør Pálsdóttir
Music:Mirta Puhlovski
Sound:Dario Domitrovic
Tihomir Vrbanec
Frano Homen