Movies: Parenthood

Joe Barring is a motorcycle-riding, beer-drinking womanizer who takes odd jobs and still lives with his parents. Following an arrest, he gets a rude awakening when he learns that he is the father of at least one of three children whose mother has rec...

'Intended Parents' is a short film about a Black millennial couple, seeking to expand their family through surrogacy. With one partner identifying as a transgender woman, the couple (Alexandra Grey as "Robyn" and Lawrence Locke as "Anthony") find the...

What happens when a baby is born? What if there is no milk? Or just a drop too much? An animated short film which describes the mental process of becoming a parent - in a scenery of a catastrophe film. When the baby is born the fresh mother has to g...

Like each afternoon, Alicia makes herself a cup of tea and watches VictorGaming, her favorite YouTube channel. Victor, the YouTuber, is just streaming questions from his fans and answering them, but Alicia has something very important to tell him....

The four stories in the film form a mosaic of the fates of several married or partner couples who, at a certain turning point in their lives, are dealing with issues of wanted, unwanted, desired, or thwarted parenthood. The intention of screenwriter ...

A young wife and mother rediscovers her long forgotten passion when she is granted the ability to live without sleep....

A young woman who falls in love with her teacher is hit by heartache and challenges she is not prepared for and struggles to escape her dark frame of mind....

It follows Bennett, a nonbinary new parent, who arrives late to their postpartum "Mamas Group" at a place called "Wüm" with 3-month-old daughter, Edie....

After a night of boozing, Ceren told her husband, Ali, that she has stopped taking the pill and wants a child, but Ali has a hidden secret from his past. After learning the truth, Ceren has to face some difficult personal, legal and moral decisions....

What happens when your child comes out to you? In this feature documentary, parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender individuals in Turkey intimately share their experiences with the viewer, as they redefine what it means to be parents in t...

A mother goes searching for memories of her son after his death and struggles with the truth she finds out....

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A pregnant mother, unsure of how to raise a child, arranges an interview with her two gay dads but fate intervenes when his dad suffers a heart attack. Her dad reflects on their family's history, captured on an old camcorder....

Children’s birthday parties are most parents' worst nightmare. While the kids play frantically and raise their blood sugar levels, the adults are condemned to a succession of dull conversations about the weather with people they barely know. Not on t...

A Father blames himself for the tragic loss of his daughter to the sea. Leading up to the funeral he is haunted by his grief and shunned by his broken-hearted wife, causing a spiral of anxiety and despair....

An intimate portrait that tells the story of Anthony, a lonely history teacher, and his adopted daughter Luna. Unexpectedly Sam, his ex boyfriend, shows up one year after their separation looking for closure or perhaps trying to revive a relationship...

A single mother struggles with the futility of her relationship with her special needs son as her patience grows thin....

The documentary by Mari Soppela focuses on glass ceilings, a metaphor for the invisible borders between men and women in work life. Talk about glass ceilings is usually associated with women’s opportunities to advance to well paid managerial position...

Documentary following the life of a young woman living with motor neurone disease (MND) as she takes on motherhood and plans her marriage to the man of her dreams....

Aava has but one wish: to get a dog. Meanwhile, her parents' marriage is falling apart....