Family History Movies

It is considered the largest traveling circus in Europe and is one of the oldest in Germany: Circus Krone celebrated its 100th anniversary a few...

A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël Prazan's father, who escaped from...

An old man named Geppetto creates a wooden puppet named Pinocchio who comes to life

Maya is Ayaibex's daughter, an addict in recovery that feels a blame for damages that caused her daughter, Maya decides to remember her mother's...

A sock puppet explores a family history told from the perspective of a mother and father.

Before Elijah sells his van "Theresa" for a home with his partner, friendship and memory are left vulnerable in the outdoors on a final surf trip to...

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

The short follows the lives of a family consisting of Bert, Rae, and their daughter Rachel. The viewer serves as an observer of the family's...

When a holiday wish wreaks havoc on a fractured family, they must work through their differences to defeat an army of magical Christmas ornaments.

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

Thanks to DNA, this documentary establishes the identity of Marilyn's biological father, thus revealing her new paternal family, 60 years after the...

Jean-Jacques Daloiseau has worked as civil servant in the Ministry of Health and his now retired.Jean-Jacques and his old friend Robert have always...

School lunch chef Wanda McAfee-Conart reflects in her job and how it connects her to the sensory environment and to her own family history.

70 years after a body is found floating in a Sydney river, middle aged Jewish doctor Jack learns his father, a Holocaust survivor, is responsible for...

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...

The director Andrés Kaiser combines hundreds of amateur films and photographs from the treasure trove of images belonging to his migrant...

This is October 1955. The place is a village in Loire-Atlantique, La Chapelle-Basse-Mer, where an old clog-maker works and lives with his wife and...

Charlene White embarks on a deeply personal journey to uncover the roots of her connection to the British Empire in a bid to find out if we can ever...