Motherhood Movies

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

The final months of pregnancy and the first ones after the birth of a baby are unique experiences in a woman's life. And when this daily life is...

A story about the special relationship between Jaana and her daughter Liisa who died in a traffic accident at the age of 16.

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

A dream-like exploration of the interconnected lives of two women and two children, celebrating the profound moments of love, loss, and resilience...

Confronted with trauma, women contain, compartmentalize, distract, and ultimately carry on— lessons learned from a society of partially blind...

Twenty-one-year-old Julia had to leave her daughters under the care of a children's shelter house. Five years later, Julia keeps fighting to rebuild...

While imagining the possibility of becoming a mother, Adele is moving between resistance and abandon, wrestling with a vortex of feelings she’s...

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...

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

After her addicted husband sells their 6-year-old daughter, a mother takes matters into her own hands and sets off on a desperate journey to save her...

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

A filmmaker seeking inspiration for her next movie brings her volatile husband and defiant young son camping on the Oregon coast. When her competing...

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,...

Forced to become a mother, Helena plans to run away with her boyfriend and abandon her son. However, on the day of the escape, the boy gives up and...

Adara, an 18-year-old teenager, has a very close relationship with her mother, until one day she finds out that she suffers from a terminal illness,...

Marie-Hélène, my mother, is retiring and takes with her her memories, her anxieties and the mental burden of having raised three...

After a health crisis concerning her womb, a filmmaker contemplates her decision to not have children.

A mother explores enigmas and secrets with her kids.