Grandmother Movies

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.

Cecile travels back to the province to spend time with her Lola Pina after years of little to no contact, but she discovers that her Lola may not be...

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

Heckel and Jeckle decide it is too much trouble and time-consuming, not to mention wear-and-tear on their wings, to fly south for the winter, so they...

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...

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

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

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...

Daniela spends the summer taking care of her granny, as days go by she will unveil some family secrets...

A young poet leaves Seville, a city of balconies full of suitcases and flats for no one, and arrives in Puçol, his grandmother’s town,...

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

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 grandmother involves her granddaughter in an adventure in search of purpose.

SYNCHRONOUS is an intimate portrait of love and the reverse side of love: mourning. The granddaughter/maker looks idealistically at the endless love...

A year after Betti's passing, her children and grandchildren are still clearing out a house full of objects. Through them, they begin to remember and...

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