Birth Movies

  • 1959
    Alone

    Alone

    Alone

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    A group of partisans fight to the last man to cover a retreat, leaving only five, who take the newborn child of a dead woman with them. Based on the...

    Alone
  • 2007
    Le Premier Cri

    Le Premier Cri

    Le Premier Cri

    6.12007HD

    Documentary about births around the different cultures and regions of the world.

    Le Premier Cri
  • 2010
    The Four Times

    The Four Times

    The Four Times

    7.52010HD

    An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy. He herds...

    The Four Times
  • 2021
    The Stork Pin

    The Stork Pin

    The Stork Pin

    02021HD

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

    The Stork Pin
  • 2025
    SHED

    SHED

    SHED

    02025HD

    A successful but isolated young woman, stalked by grief, is haunted inside her own body - until a final, brutal revelation shatters everything she...

    SHED
  • 2023
    Sages et rebelles

    Sages et rebelles

    Sages et rebelles

    102023HD

    A look at the daily life of midwives across Quebec.

    Sages et rebelles
  • 2023
    Baby Face

    Baby Face

    Baby Face

    102023HD

    A young aging actress reconnects with her former scene partner to ask a vital favor that could change the course of her career.

    Baby Face
  • 2022
    Midwives – Into This World

    Midwives – Into This World

    Midwives – Into This World

    02022HD

    The everyday life of midwives unfolds on the threshold where new life is born and life may fade away. The film shows how midwives support couples...

    Midwives – Into This World
  • 2023
    Waiting Time

    Waiting Time

    Waiting Time

    6.52023HD

    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...

    Waiting Time
  • 2003
    Bodysong

    Bodysong

    Bodysong

    5.32003HD

    Documentary footage from various sources, set to music. Showing the whole of human life, from birth to death and beyond.

    Bodysong
  • 2015
    Absolution

    Absolution

    Absolution

    5.52015HD

    Kiia and Lauri, speeding toward the hospital overnight. Kiia in pain, holding the wheel with one hand and another in his stomach - the birth has...

    Absolution
  • 2017
    1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone

    1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone

    1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone

    7.52017HD

    On June 11th, 1997, Philippe Kahn created the first camera phone solution to share pictures instantly on public networks. The impetus for this...

    1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone
  • 1996
    Christmas

    Christmas

    Christmas

    5.41996HD

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

    Christmas
  • 2021
    Unseen

    Unseen

    Unseen

    02021HD

    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.

    Unseen
  • 2004
    Alma et les autres...

    Alma et les autres...

    Alma et les autres...

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    After giving birth to her first child at age 20, Mona Achache had the idea to make a film on childbirth. She filmed the work of midwives to produce...

    Alma et les autres...
  • 2020
    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore

    52020HD

    An experimental look at the origin of the death myth of the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, following two people as they navigate their...

    maɬni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
  • 2020
    For Somebody Else

    For Somebody Else

    For Somebody Else

    02020HD

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

    For Somebody Else
  • 2016
    Veil of Silence

    Veil of Silence

    Veil of Silence

    2.32016HD

    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...

    Veil of Silence
  • 2021
    Birthday

    Birthday

    Birthday

    02021HD

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

    Birthday
  • 1982
    The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final

    The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final

    The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final

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    A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

    The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final