Grandmother Movies

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...

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...

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,...

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

A grandson shows his grandmother how to navigate an iPad 2 full of clues for solving a puzzle. Over a phone call, she recites an email she wrote...

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

To process grief, a young adult revisits fragments of their late grandmother’s life to restore the version of their own inner child when she...

A love letter to grannies. Aina is an 88-year old retiree. Yes, health issues lay at the core of her life, but her view on life, however, is full of...

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

If your family photographs could speak, what stories would they share? Interweaving interviews with family artefacts, 'My Lovely Grandma' is an...