Movies: Birth

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

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

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

Mary tries to find a way to escape her loneliness by conceiving a child....

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

A short Disney film on what planning for a family is and how it works....

It is 1968 and Marianne is nineteen years old. She has been sent to a home for young girls, far from her family and friends. Here she meets other girls whose secrets have turned their lives upside down....

This cinema-verite-style documentary interweaves the pregnancy and childbirth of a young woman with the lingering death of a cancer patient to comment on the celebration and tragedy of existence. The tenderness and intimacy of the young couple, and t...

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 during pregnancy and birth. It lets us participate in the balancing act between a safe and a perfect bir...

Psychological thriller about a woman on the verge of a psychoses while becoming a mother....

In parallel stories, a social butterfly and a lower middle-class wife brace themselves for the challenge of birthing a child in the modern era....

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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 his girlfriend – filmmaker Lea Glob – goes into a coma after giving birth....

From the seventh month of pregnancy, the five senses of the baby in utero become functional. In the closed universe that is his, a formidable sensory exploration begins. How does he perceive his world and ours? What are its learning and memorization ...

This movie charts the three most important questions regarding birth: 1. What makes a safe birth? 2. What disrupts a birth? 3. What do birth interventions mean for mother and baby, how the birth develops and even society at large?...

After painfully passing a kidney stone, a slob discovers that a new breed of monster has invaded his home with deadly intentions....

As a tanker is caught in a storm and capsizing; a second cook on board receives a voice mail from his wife that he is a father to a baby girl. The cook retreats to a small storage closet where there are approximately 60 minutes of air remaining. Fift...

What is birth? It is said that being born into this world is the beginning of suffering: dukkha....