Family History Movies

Josué, a 15-year-old boy, visits his mother, with whom he doesn't have a good relationship, which leads to certain conflicts. Being in his old...

After her mother’s death, Cass Milligan returns home for the first time in years, only to find the house isn’t done with her. She’s...

A young mother, Dr. Marie Sol passed away soon after discovering that the fossil fuel company she worked for had been falsifying her research. Years...

The author's grandparents were Aromanians, a Balkan minority of nomadic shepherds, without territory and written language, wandering between...

Audrey, a woman in her mid-fifties, has never been able to make peace with her tumultuous family history. A clumsy mother, an emotionally distant...

Brenda’s first memories were of growing up in a loving white foster family, before she was suddenly taken away and returned to her Aboriginal...

Alex, a wealthy and handsome man living a meaningless life, meets Tika, a beautiful and refined woman from a different background. He falls in love...

Jan's father is not his father at all. The directors knows this and takes this fact as the starting point for a very personal documentary film...

Frankie Wallach, 25-year-old director, is fascinated by her grand-mother Julia, 94 years old, her death camp survivor story and her joyful...

Artist and filmmaker Philippe Mora (Mad Dog Morgan; The Howling II; Swastika) is producing a graphic novel about his late father, Georges, widely...

In a desperate attempt to make some cash, a package courier gets hired by a former classmate to retrieve a family heirloom. But when things go south,...

Unable to face the mother who left her at a young age, BRYNJA (40) takes shelter in a small guesthouse in a village outside Reykjavik. There she...

The race to save the world's only dedicated Māori World War One Memorial from collapse reveals an unknown soldier's heroic story to the...

The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating light in the anniversary year 2008. The film is a...

By recounting their experiences with family, friends, lovers and country, a group of strangers examine what it means to be loved as Nigerians and as...

Robert Kongaika runs from his family to join the military and becomes the first Tongan US Air Force Colonel. This is the true story of the island...

CE QUE CACHE LA FORÊT (What the Forest conceals) explores the invisible inheritance we carry within us: that of the family unconscious passed...

A teenager, disinterested in her Louisiana Creole heritage, finds herself having to entertain a visitor who only speaks what sounds like French....

Daniel is the lead actor in a mafia film. He's about to shoot the pivotal scene: his father's death. His emotional preparation will plunge him into...