Birth Movies

Mrs. Burgess explains menstruation to her teen-aged daughter by showing her diagrams in a medical book. Her daughter-in-law Mary then tells Mrs....

"The Hart of London" is an endlessly layered tour de force. It explores life and death, the sense of place and personal displacement, and the...

Poor girl who experienced a terrible incident on her birthday which was supposed to be the happiest day.

Documentary footage from various sources, set to music. Showing the whole of human life, from birth to death and beyond.

Psychological thriller about a woman on the verge of a psychoses while becoming a mother.

Exploring the revitalization of traditional birthing practices in Indigenous communities across Turtle Island, the film blends personal stories of...

A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

Documentary about births around the different cultures and regions of the world.

It is 1968 and Marianne is nineteen years old. She has been sent to a home for young girls, far from her family and friends. Here she meets other...

The lion mask comes to life & now must deal with the concept of learning aswell as what it means to be alive & what we do with the gift of life

Based on her own experience, which she extends through the testimonies of other infertile people, director Élodie Lélu shows how...

A harried thirty-something woman is forced to decide whether she wants to be a mother after unexpectedly giving birth to her reproductive organs at...

Filmed largely in close-up, this documentary records a woman giving birth while her husband remains at her side. The camera concentrates on her face...

An experimental look at the origin of the death myth of the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, following two people as they navigate their...

The everyday life of midwives unfolds on the threshold where new life is born and life may fade away. The film shows how midwives support couples...

Enter the world of undisturbed birth as 11 couples share their intimate personal journeys, facing their fears and moving through pain into the...

On June 11th, 1997, Philippe Kahn created the first camera phone solution to share pictures instantly on public networks. The impetus for this...

We follow three women on an emotional and thought-provoking journey as they lend their bodies and carry someone else's child.

A young aging actress reconnects with her former scene partner to ask a vital favor that could change the course of her career.