Birth Movies

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...

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

The Born at Home documentary explores and uncovers the empowering journey of homebirth, shedding light on the often overlooked and misunderstood...

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

Alexis is a 32-year-old white woman married to Alain, an African from Rwanda. This documentary focuses on Alexis giving birth in her parents home. As...

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...

A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.

A lonely man finds himself in trouble when a malevolent force begins to pursue him, forcing him to confront the beginnings and endings 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.

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

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

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...

A look at the daily life of midwives across Quebec.

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

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...

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

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