Ms. Conceptions

By Choice or Chance

Invalid date •English

A portrait of three single mothers living in Hanoi who are bringing the very first changes to the core values in the development process of the Vietnamese culture.

Johanna sucht das Glück

October 2007 •English

Red Dog

March 2019 •English

Country songwriter Luke Dick spent his toddler years living in the Red Dog, the rowdiest and most popular strip club in Oklahoma City. Now 30 years later, Luke has a toddler and a newborn of his own. As he began asking his mom questions about his own childhood, she turned out to be more hilariously forthcoming than he ever imagined.

Draussen bleiben

October 2007 •German

Mother

January 2020 •Thai

In a village in Thailand, Pomm works in a care center for Europeans with Alzheimer's. While she is separated from her children, she helps Elisabeth during the final stages of her life, as Maya, a new patient, is on her way from Switzerland.

The Nest

April 2024 •Catalan

Motherhood through Erlinda, a 22-year-old girl who grew up in the small town of Prat de Comte, with the contradictions that come with not having fully left adolescence and entering the adult world with a child in her charge.

Love 404

February 2019 •English

Rena is on the threshold of adulthood. For her and her mother, the Internet is a form of escape from their humdrum everyday lives. In the world of talent shows, Facebook and YouTube, the keyboard seems to be a gateway to fame and love. Yet the border between fantasy and reality is quickly obliterated.

Solitaire Dance

January 2021 •Finnish

Three perspectives on loneliness, how it feels and how it can be survived: “If I could just dance with somebody once more.”

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

June 2018 •English

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

Redefining China's Family: Women

July 2008 •English

10 May 2007 - China's staggering economic growth has overshadowed a more subtle shift in Chinese society. In domestic life, many women are now ignore the advice of their mothers and grandmothers, turning instead to counselling hotlines and, increasingly, divorce.

Square One: A Documentary

September 2018 •English

Following a single father & his 3 kids, watch the struggle, stress, & strength of what the everyday life is like growing up & those growing pains called life.

Ice Girls

April 2014 •German

Unfulfilled dreams, expectations and competition in the closely interwoven relationships between a mother and her two daughters. Observations of a fragile triangular relationship in an icy microcosm.

Side B

April 2018 •Spanish

Jacquelín is a forty year old single mother who decides to leave everything behind.

Through the Night

June 2021 •English

When one’s sole focus is to provide for their children, the stakes are extremely high. The need for multiple jobs to make ends meet has become a common reality for many families in this country, which leads to a very important question: who looks after the children while their parents work? Through the Night examines the economic and emotional toll affecting some American families, told through the lens of a 24-hour daycare center in Westchester, New York. At the center of it all is Nunu, the primary caregiver and a hero to many families in need of a safe space to bring their children.

Singled [Out]

October 2017 •Spanish

Singled [Out] tells the story of five educated women in four corners of the world: Jules in Melbourne, Manu in Barcelona, Shu and Yang in Shanghai, and Melek in Istambul -they all travel solo in a world where pairing up is the norm. Together with the voices of some well-known experts in the areas of sociology, law and demography, the film unveils modern love in the era of choice, and is a journey to the heart of being a single woman today.

Clarissa's Battle

May 2022 •English

Clarissa is a driven, straight-talking single Black mother and social warrior in Oakland, California. Becoming unhoused with an infant inspired her to champion childcare and preschool as a human right. Funny and irreverent, Clarissa's infectious energy pulls us along as she presses forward, with fortitude gained through effort and loss. But juggling this work with raising a young son pushes Clarissa into a personal healthcare crisis far too common among stressed, working mothers, especially women of color. Clarissa's Battle follows her journey as a community leader, political candidate and time-stretched mother as she fights for the health and dignity of children and their parents nationwide. This isn't just Clarissa's battle - it's our battle, too.

Resilience: Stories of Single Black Mothers

August 2010 •English

With honesty, intelligence and humour, Nancy, Simone and Gloria reflect on their experiences of balancing single parenthood, working life, relationships and the fulfillment of their own goals in the context of society.

Alleinerziehende Väter – Ihr Kampf um Anerkennung

November 2016 •German

Portraits of three single fathers.

Chris and Bernie

February 1975 •English

The story of two young single mothers who join forces to make a new kind of family unit for themselves and their children.

Young, Free, Single

May 1991 •Finnish

A documentary film about two single mothers.