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...

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

The story of Jesus' birth and what happened during it.

A young woman with psychic powers is obsessed with having a child. Even though she is unable to conceive, her desire to do so creates a supernatural...

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

"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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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