Mother Figure Movies

18-year-old Kathleen is fresh out of foster care. Her departure coincides with the death of her biological mother, so she returns to her hometown to...

A film essay that intertwines the director's gaze with that of her late mother. Beyond exploring mourning and absence as exclusively painful...

A troubled young man comes to terms with a recent traumatic event that has sent him spiraling out of control.

This project was born when I discovered a letter that my mom had written to a friend before her death. The attention she felt there, its simple and...

A mother figure idealized by the cinema, Empress Elisabeth of Austria did not flourish with her four children. What kind of mother was the rebellious...