Birth Movies

A doctor allergic to the human touch finds his salvation in writings tattooed on the body of a dead poet.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

A woman, attended by two midwives, is giving birth in a small village in India. When the child's cry rings, the father bangs on a steel plate to...

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...

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...

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....

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...

A mother tries to take care of her newborn child.

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 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...

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

After crossing the line and eating from the forbidden fruit, Gringa feels that she is being monitored by someone else. Soon she will encounter...

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...

An increasingly surreal birthday party.

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