Mother Movies

The story of a mother whose two young daughters are kidnapped by her abusive ex-husband—and her all-consuming fight to get them back.

A wealthy woman who's married to a successful architect welcomes her husband's alleged son into the family after he appears on their doorstep, but...

One day, Hiroko accidentally starts a small fire while she is cooking. Although it does not lead to a serious incident, it does result in her going...

Papa Zola, a schoolteacher, and his gifted daughter Pipi go on small adventures that often escalate. Their escapades showcase their loving...

A country woman in the 1960s in Venezuela tries to have a child for the third time, but is tormented by a ghost from her past who tries to ruin her...

A short 1978 documentary based on the experiences of breastfeeding mothers.

Based on a true story, this short film introduces us to a young student, in the 70's Romania, that, having finally finished her semester, and with a...

As the months pass through her, Mai gives us a glimpse into old age that explores between being abandoned and being belonged, passing the time and...

Jacqueline, an overworked and frustrated mother, gets a strange and horrifying request from a tree. When she complies, it brings violence to the...

After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's small daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, and he is given...

On a rare evening out, two feisty single moms discover that it's not so easy to hook up with a total stranger anymore.

A drama about two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan...

Life becomes hard for a family after the father is involved in an accident that causes him to lose his legs.

Simon Henderson is at boarding school in Canada while his father works in Hong Kong, and his mother lives in England. When his parents visit him in...

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

A young teenage single mother (Maggi) struggling to raise her baby daughter (Lucy) finds the weight of responsibility bearing down on her shoulders....

Facing a terminal disease, a mother uses space travel and relativity to stretch her last two years over the lifetime of her baby daughter, visiting...

A pair of nightclub owners run a string of escort bureaus where men pay for the "companionship" of young women. The district attorney sends an...

Before the freeze, there was beautiful garden. "Before the Freeze" is a short psychological thriller with experimental elements, about an...