Birth Movies

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

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...

As a tanker is caught in a storm and capsizing; a second cook on board receives a voice mail from his wife that he is a father to a baby girl. The...

A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

What is birth? It is said that being born into this world is the beginning of suffering: dukkha.

The story of Jesus' birth and what happened during it.

At a summer-evening dance a young girl meets a man who tells her he is a doctor. They go off together, and after that she never sees him again. She...

"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...

A look at the daily life of midwives across Quebec.

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

An increasingly surreal birthday party.

After giving birth to her first child at age 20, Mona Achache had the idea to make a film on childbirth. She filmed the work of midwives to produce...

A group of partisans fight to the last man to cover a retreat, leaving only five, who take the newborn child of a dead woman with them. Based on the...

A failing writer loses his grip on reality as his wife grows pregnant with their child.

The director’s diary told in still images of a dramatic period in which he becomes first a father and then almost loses the love of his life...

This cinema-verite-style documentary interweaves the pregnancy and childbirth of a young woman with the lingering death of a cancer patient to...

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

The Born at Home documentary explores and uncovers the empowering journey of homebirth, shedding light on the often overlooked and misunderstood...