What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About TRAUMA is a love letter to someone coming to terms with the symptoms of Complex PTSD, made by someone with a lived experience of CPTSD. It is a personal and deeply subjective short film that encourages hope, nature connectivity and gives grammar to a condition that is both new and little understood.
This film is a continuation of work by the filmmaker to engage with their own mental health journey through producing work that engages deeply with nature. In this way the cinematography becomes a therapeutic practice.
The aim of the filmmaker is that the film raises awareness of CPTSD, helps give people struggling with symptoms a voice, and ultimately provokes conversations and hopefulness about this difficult subject.
Studio:Black Cat Films
Producers:Adam Laity
From:GB
Produced In:GB
Directors:Adam Laity
Writers:Adam Laity
District of Columbia Premiere
What We Don't Talk About When We Don't Talk About TRAUMA
9 minutes
A love letter to a survivor of Complex PTSD, made by a survivor filmmaker.
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Night1: Living With it: Mental Illness Up Close
Available:Oct 11, 2026 18:00
Until:Nov 02, 2026 04:59
Mood disorders, dissociation, and the daily, unglamorous work of managing a mind, told through people actually living inside these conditions rather than observing them from outside. It moves from isolation and burnout toward connection, closing on memory and music rather than diagnosis.
Opening Night: World Mental Health Day Launch
Available:Oct 10, 2026 18:00
Until:Nov 02, 2026 04:59
A cross-theme launch built to touch every strand of the festival's mission before the themed nights begin, moving between animated meditations, community documentaries, and stories of identity and hard-won healing.
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