Motherhood Movies

A look at the trials and tribulations of school and childhood.

An animated inner monologue of a woman confronting her relationship with her son, who has a disability.

When Ines died, she left a very particular legacy, 10 books that read 'For my children'; it was the story of her life. Marked by a youth idyllic love,...

n the Jam Jar is an invitation to the intimacy of 81-year-old Joan’s final days, whose musings silently echo with Dan’s, her 50-year-old son. This fic...

A family’s difficult but endearing journey that re-defines motherhood: is it through nature or nurture? Yasmine is a young woman forced to raise her...

Nava tries to convince her sister to get back with her husband, while her own fiance is cheating on her.

Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teaching these kids about their traditions. Aboriginal...

Artist Kate Blackmore looks at motherhood and mobility, film and feminism through the prism of Margaret Dodd's 1982 classic short film 'This Woman is...

A tragic portrait of mother and child exploring grief through music and lyrical imagery.

The dissolution of a family in 10 minutes.

Pauline, a beguiling woman in her 60s, returns to her hometown, Turin, for the first time since she was ten years old. She has inherited her aunt’s ap...

One of the biggest burdens a soul can carry is the loss of a loved one. How do you let go of someone you brought into the world? In this documentary,...

What happens when a baby is born? What if there is no milk? Or just a drop too much? An animated short film which describes the mental process of bec...

In a society where the government predicts the genetic intellectual capacity of every newborn child, a pregnant woman's fetus is rated a perfect, but...

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

A young filmmaker makes a movie honoring the life of his childhood nanny and their close bond.

Lengua de diamante submerges into the past, present, and future life of Elsa Riveros, Colombia’s First Lady of Rock. Long after her iconic career as a...

A mother discovers that her son has a disability that causes her breast milk to intoxicate him. But the discovery comes too late to prevent the loss o...

Acclaimed Montreal band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra is one of a growing number of rock groups to have accepted an infant into their tourin...

Documentary essay based on portraits of five women, their different ways of living motherhood, challenges and particularities.