Family History Movies

The first of these traces the words of Louis Pereira's grandmother, delving into his childhood and memories of the past.

a short story about my dad.

On the anniversary of their mother's death, brothers Enzo and Franco find a box with many old photographs. As one of the brothers is blind, the other...

Abroad at the time of her death, a grandson returns to revisit the house of his late grandmother, now occupied by another family. A reflection on the...

In 1936, the Kiel dentist Dr. Rudolf Schultz bought a film camera to capture the development of his son Dieter. Over the years, many film rolls were...

When Jamie Diamond bought a discarded German family photo album from 1938, she did not expect to make art with it. But upon bringing a child into...

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...

On the military road construction site, on the pastures of Lessinia, writer Carlo Stuparic wrote to his brother Giani. The film celebrates his...

A filmmaker explores the life of her 100-year-old great-aunt, Jane Chung, an actress who made a career for herself at a time when Asian Americans...

A story with almost 100 years told by the 95 years old woman Floripes.

Othello, a melancholic family man, seeks out a seraphic myth known as The Guide for enlightenment and is unknowingly taken on an esoteric tour of...

A school teacher never just teaches. A step back in time of the life of a school teacher in a small city in the North of France and her experience of...

Stone Street documents the life and experiences of a Trinidadian diaspora family and their enduring connection to the long standing family home in...

Flora Bear’s youngest granddaughter searches for truth and answers about her Indigenous grandmother’s life.

A young filmmaker accompanies his grandfather– a veteran of the Vietnam War– to Fairbanks, to dedicate his unit flag to a new generation...

After 21 years I return to my city of birth in order to find out what would have occured to my family if we hadn't fled the war.

When Ines died, she left a very particular legacy, 10 books that read 'For my children'; it was the story of her life. Marked by a youth idyllic...