Birth Movies

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

Global pandemics are like prairie thunderstorms. Full of terror and havoc, they eventually pass. Bringing a new baby into the world can also feel...

Set in a poor Québec neighbourhood during the 1930s, a young woman begins the dire labour of birthing.

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 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...

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

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

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...

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

In parallel stories, a social butterfly and a lower middle-class wife brace themselves for the challenge of birthing a child in the modern era.

Mary tries to find a way to escape her loneliness by conceiving a child.

George Stoney investigates the living conditions, both good and bad, in the rural, segregated South.

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...

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...

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...

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

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...