Family History Movies

Focused on the experiences of Manuel "Manolo" Díaz Caballero, who was a local police officer in Malaga for more than 30 years, his memories of...

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,...

A new father takes his wife and daughter on a journey to his mother’s birthplace in Scotland. It is 1976 – the year in which NASA’s...

Growing up in the largest affordable housing cooperative in Brooklyn, Cassandra’s world was artfully framed by her mother’s Super-8...

Two brothers, ordered by their ill-fallen father, traverse through the cursed wilderness, establishing their past helps develop a newfound bond. All...

Gregorio, Dolores and Zoila are three elders excited about the arrival of a new member to the family; Esteban, their great-grandson. Through the...

Memories are created and preserved when a boy paints a porcelain cup, a grandfather tells his grandchildren about two birds, and a grandmother...

How much of ourselves have we left behind in words meant for others? Letters explores the secrets, confessions, and hidden truths sealed within...

65 years of marriage, four systems, two people, one love: Ilse and Wolfgang Gutsche have gotten along well with each other their entire lives. And...

A woman returns to the site of her birth, which is now a funeral home. She drinks a white monster energy drink.

In 2022, while living and working in Hong Kong, Hester started writing daily about her experiences. The previous year, inspired by the weekly online...

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...

Her own family history from a female perspective, told as a fragmentary, personal stream of memories. Great-grandma, grandma and mother have to come...

“Minbera” is a drama about a Basque family forced to confront a situation they can no longer ignore. This film explores the different...

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

As Molly prepares for her late brother's funeral, Sam helps her through her grief and guides her to the very end.

Tribute to director, screenwriter and actress Sarah Polley. A whimsical, playful film tells the story of the kinds of stories Polley tells, using...

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