Birth Movies

Casiopea is the journey to life itself. A captivating adventure that unravels the eternal question of humankind: What happens before/after life?

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...

From the seventh month of pregnancy, the five senses of the baby in utero become functional. In the closed universe that is his, a formidable sensory...

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

More than one in ten mothers suffer from postpartum depression. Using her own dark experience, the author endeavours to find the key to a better...

In the summer of 1998, the filmmaker went home to Takasaki to film the birth of his brother and sister-in-law's child. Days go by and the child is...

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

A mother tries to take care of her newborn child.

After painfully passing a kidney stone, a slob discovers that a new breed of monster has invaded his home with deadly intentions.

To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha...

Josie longs to have a baby. Her husband Frank would rather have steak. Set against the Technicolor backdrop of 1950's America, Josie sets out on an...

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...

Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the...

Teo survives, isolated in a house constantly besieged by a horde of stray dogs. It seems destiny has no other plans, than keeping Theo there, until...

This movie charts the three most important questions regarding birth: 1. What makes a safe birth? 2. What disrupts a birth? 3. What do birth...

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...

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

Divided into four sections, "Song" is inspired by the Siberian and Finno-Ugric legends about Creation, in which the world begins with characters who...

A teenage girl from a traditional family goes on a date with a pilot and ends up having sex with him. After the pilot dies in a plane crash, the girl...