Birth Movies

Viltteri, a balding guy in his thirties living in rural northern Finland, is hopelessly clueless about his new role as a married man and the father...

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.

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

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.

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...

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

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...

"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...

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

Alexis is a 32-year-old white woman married to Alain, an African from Rwanda. This documentary focuses on Alexis giving birth in her parents home. As...

A group of partisans fight to the last man to cover a retreat, leaving only five, who take the newborn child of a dead woman with them. Based on the...

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...

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

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.

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

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

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

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