Birth Movies

This cinema-verite-style documentary interweaves the pregnancy and childbirth of a young woman with the lingering death of a cancer patient to...

Enter the world of undisturbed birth as 11 couples share their intimate personal journeys, facing their fears and moving through pain into the...

Set in a poor Québec neighbourhood during the 1930s, a young woman begins the dire labour of birthing.

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

A failing writer loses his grip on reality as his wife grows pregnant with their child.

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...

The director’s diary told in still images of a dramatic period in which he becomes first a father and then almost loses the love of his life...

When a young boy forms an unusual connection with his late grandmother, his mother's refusal to believe spirals their lives into chaos.

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...

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

Global pandemics are like prairie thunderstorms. Full of terror and havoc, they eventually pass. Bringing a new baby into the world can also feel...

George Stoney investigates the living conditions, both good and bad, in the rural, segregated South.

Based on her own experience, which she extends through the testimonies of other infertile people, director Élodie Lélu shows how...

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

A look at the daily life of midwives across Quebec.

A doctor allergic to the human touch finds his salvation in writings tattooed on the body of a dead poet.

Exploring the revitalization of traditional birthing practices in Indigenous communities across Turtle Island, the film blends personal stories of...

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