Birth Movies

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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.

An increasingly surreal birthday party.

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.

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...