Birth Movies

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

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...

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

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

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 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...

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

A short Disney film on what planning for a family is and how it works.

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

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

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.

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...

This cinema-verite-style documentary interweaves the pregnancy and childbirth of a young woman with the lingering death of a cancer patient to...

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

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...

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

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...