Birth Movies

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

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....

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...

Natalia is a 17-year-old mom living with her mother and son, Antos. She wanted to have a baby because it was a “cool” thing to do, and...

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...

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...

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...

An increasingly surreal birthday party.

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

Parallel tales of young couples desperately escaping cruel false fathers, each couple on the run across different regions of the country and during...

Az is seven years old girl lives in small village with her parents. Az soon will have baby sister. It is the most joyful moment for her life. But...