Birth Movies

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

An experimental documentation of Barbara Rosenthal's pregnancy and the birth of Ola Creston, as filmed by Ola's father.

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...

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

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 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...

Under the shade of a Magnolia tree, a group of pregnant women gathers weekly. Among them is Teresa, an experienced midwife who listens to them...

A lonely man finds himself in trouble when a malevolent force begins to pursue him, forcing him to confront the beginnings and endings of his life.

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

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...

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

The painful exit of a child of man in the world of God. The highest sense of being and the earthly joy of man and woman.

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...

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

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

When desperate times call for desperate measures, 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Officers are available to help with the complexities of childbirth...

Women from widely different cultures speak out about giving birth, and about the traumas they have experienced when the birth does not go as expected.

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...