Mother Movies

A story about the special relationship between Jaana and her daughter Liisa who died in a traffic accident at the age of 16.

A family from California moves to Hawaii and meets Tutu. Tutu teaches them how to live in Hawaii.

What if you love your child, but are unhappy in your role as a mother? Spijtmoeders is a documentary film about mothers who, if they could make the...

A daughter sees her mother in a dream and is reminded that before being a mom, she was once a little girl. Together, they honor each others wildest...

Después del invierno (After the Winter) is a modern fable. We discover through three characters in extreme situations the human ability to...

Calling Mother is about the moments when you just have to call your mum. It is a compilation of phone calls made by different people to their...

Following the death of his mother, 9-year-old Elias goes to extreme lengths to naively bring her back from Jesus’ heaven all while defying his...

A young boy seeks the help of an ancient fairytale creature to save his dying mother.

After All is said and done. A man clears out his childhood home, remembering past conversations.

A woman who focused on being a mother feels that she no longer has any purpose now that her son has made his own life, until one lonely night after a...

Robin, a rising child star, feels trapped in his house, longing to join the laughter of children outside. His attempt to sneak out sparks a wild...

A short film depicting the universality of life, growth, and how beautiful life is to simply exist. The film shows how beautiful it can be when we...

A family affected by the opioid crisis struggles to stay together.

A short dance film about a mother’s relationship to her pregnancy, as she deals with fear and hope about bringing a black baby boy into the...

Exploring the intersections between gendered reproductive labor that keeps the cultural space in motion, and the reproductive labor of motherhood, A...

Yangon, 1998. A boy and his mother are waiting for the return of the father, a civil servant, to move out another town at Upper Burma. On the last...

A look at the trials and tribulations of school and childhood.

Herlinda Augustin is a Shipibo healer who lives with her family in Peruvian Amazonia. Will she and other healers be able to maintain their ancient...

Adapted from the short story " Let's play a game " by the Italian writer Alberto Moravia . It's a strange story between a little girl and her...