Family History Movies

In this contemplative coming of age portrait, Yosef, a spirited athlete, is becoming more aware of his family history, after being displaced from...

A filmmaker explores the life of her 100-year-old great-aunt, Jane Chung, an actress who made a career for herself at a time when Asian Americans...

3 estranged family members are reunited after the death of their wealthy grandma. They SHOULD split the will among themselves, but all have their own...

Historically, the queer community has not been portrayed in mainstream culture as being capable of protecting children and young people. Yet my uncle...

A young filmmaker accompanies his grandfather– a veteran of the Vietnam War– to Fairbanks, to dedicate his unit flag to a new generation...

A filmmaker confined to a psychiatric institution tries to find healing by bringing together all the members of his family for a collective...

Memories are created and preserved when a boy paints a porcelain cup, a grandfather tells his grandchildren about two birds, and a grandmother...

After 21 years I return to my city of birth in order to find out what would have occured to my family if we hadn't fled the war.

The filmmaker envisions what life would have been like if her parents never left their country of origin. The haunting imagery and disjointed...

By approaching the process of sexual reassignment, the work mixes data and experiences, focusing on family relationships and the nuances of the...

Flora Bear’s youngest granddaughter searches for truth and answers about her Indigenous grandmother’s life.

If your family photographs could speak, what stories would they share? Interweaving interviews with family artefacts, 'My Lovely Grandma' is an...

A sock puppet explores a family history told from the perspective of a mother and father.

Her own family history from a female perspective, told as a fragmentary, personal stream of memories. Great-grandma, grandma and mother have to come...

Spanning over 70 years, two women recount their experiences growing up in Colombia and immigrating to Canada. Intersecting with key moments in...

The artist captures the bittersweet journey of reuniting with her estranged father after searching for him for fifteen years.

A girl and her grandmother celebrate a birthday on a summer day in Maine.

When Jamie Diamond bought a discarded German family photo album from 1938, she did not expect to make art with it. But upon bringing a child into...

Alan hasn’t spent Christmas with his family in years. On a lonely night before the party, he falls asleep watching old family videos. When I...