Mother Movies

What are one week films? They're an assignment we do our first week back at CalArts, designed to dust off cobwebs by throwing us straight into the dee...

Ninlawan Pinyo is the matriarch of a Thai American family, who hustled for her fortune by founding a naem pork sausage factory in Chiang Mai, Thailand...

Después del invierno (After the Winter) is a modern fable. We discover through three characters in extreme situations the human ability to succeed in...

After discovering his mother has hidden a puppy for the past two months, Dean debates whether or not to fight to keep the dog.

A short dance film about a mother’s relationship to her pregnancy, as she deals with fear and hope about bringing a black baby boy into the world in 2...

Documentary filmmaker Rebecka Rasmusson becomes pregnant with the man she believes to love, when it turns out that he also has another woman. One even...

When a wheelchair-bound woman moves back in with her disabled mother, she finds that much more goes on in the independent living apartment complex tha...

With the loss of her mother imminent, a young woman realises that she must comfort another with similar traumas.

A short film depicting the universality of life, growth, and how beautiful life is to simply exist. The film shows how beautiful it can be when we sho...

Juhyuk is taking a short rest with his camera halfway up the mountain, when he is approached by Mija to take pictures of her. They start to climb toge...

Herlinda Augustin is a Shipibo healer who lives with her family in Peruvian Amazonia. Will she and other healers be able to maintain their ancient tra...

A ride to the country could turn in more than just a simple vacation for a mother and daughter.

After her father's death, a young girl begins to experience paranormal activities whenever she's near her father's piano.

A heartfelt story about three mothers from different social background facing difficulties in raising their children.

Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz investigates why her Polish mother abandoned her and uncovers the truth behind her mother's wartime escape from...

The life of Mrs. Bertha Sánchez has changed because of a virus that threatens the world. She, locked in her home, adapts to the important change and t...

ICE conducted the largest immigration raids in US history at slaughterhouses in 2019, arresting and deporting undocumented workers. Despite the danger...

Tatiana faces an economic crisis that has forced her to be temporarily away from her kids, her "gang", as she calls them. By writing out her feelings...