Grandmother Movies

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

This video documentary centers on the questions of civil liberties and cultural differences in a society beginning to open as one woman searches for...

Samirah, a grandmother who lived three parts of her life, starting with her daughter who married and then converted, the death of her husband and...

A grandmother and her grandson navigate love and fame, while crossing paths with Baron Frankenstein.

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...

Omama, a rural grandmother in Hungary, has one main wish: to not wake up tomorrow. Martin, her cinema-expatriate grandson, comes for a visit, hoping...

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

Daniel, a teenager of fifteen, will have to face an unexpected situation while taking care of his little sister Laia, the same day that their mother...

Nai Nai follows the story of a Chinese immigrant grandmother, Chu-Ming Wu. Known as “Nai Nai,” Chu-Ming has always been a woman of...

A film in which the author seeks to express the love he feels for the central figure of the family: his grandmother. By documenting her daily life...

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...

My grandmother has dementia! And I live with my grandmother. Conflicts between the younger brother and the grandmother begin due to the grandmother's...

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...

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

Teta Kaabour is an 83-year old family matriarch and sharp-witted queen bee of an old Beiruti quarter. She’s been gripped as of late by the...