Grandmother Movies

In the Bella Coola Valley, a haunting legend endures through generations as a filmmaker reckons with whether the stories of her ancestors can survive...

As the months pass through her, Mai gives us a glimpse into old age that explores between being abandoned and being belonged, passing the time and...

Some people think coming out is a one-time event. But in reality, it’s an ongoing series of conversations that need love and courage. See what...

When he's ready to take the next step with his shiksa girlfriend, a young Jewish man gets possessed by the spirit of his dead Yiddish grandmother,...

Rafaela, an 80-year-old woman, has a long conversation with her grandson, going over his path from childhood to old age. Now that she has been...

A sensitively look at a grandmother, who embodies cultural, familly and social values.

A young woman struggles to tell her beloved grandmother a truth that she believes may ruin their relationship.

A filmmaker follows her grandparents’ daily life after her chain-smoker and alcoholic grandmother is forced to stop drinking beer for a month.

Grandma has become a little doddery. And since the death of her husband, called E.O., ever bigger gaps have opened in her memory, and her...

Haja Fatma, a mother to eight children, tells the tale of family life in Tripoli during the Libyan Revolution. Women, young and old, all contributed...

Ariane's grandmother often visits her in her dreams. Together, they wander through unknown nocturnal landscapes. In this dreamlike short film, where...

Teta Kaabour is an 83-year old family matriarch and sharp-witted queen bee of an old Beiruti quarter. She’s been gripped as of late by the...

A young girl and her visiting Abuela are forced to connect, despite the language barrier that separates them.

Forced by her poor father to live with a well-off man, a young girl must find a way to escape her new abusive home.

A grand-mother replaces her old companion robot by a more recent one. But things won’t go as expected…

"Barbara Hammer's Optic Nerve is a powerful personal reflection on family and aging. Hammer employs filmed footage which, through optical printing...

A short documentary on a grandson returning home to visit his aging grandmother who was crying to see him on the phone.