Family History Movies

My mother has died. Her name was Maria. Her children, we, Raúl and Santiago, discover among the objects left by our mother hundreds of...

Valentin lives with his grandfather Cosmo, a man of fragile health but with a bright spirit and unshakable optimism. Over the course of an important...

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

Filmmaker Peter Kunhardt examines how a one-of-a-kind collection of Abraham Lincoln photos and memorabilia have profoundly shaped the lives and...

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...

Stuck in a creative rut, filmmaker Gilda Pourjabar returns to Iran, her homeland, to talk with her brother Siamak, an illustrator based in Tehran....

A retired Canadian professional wrestler from a very famous family recounts an amazing life in the ring and discovers an unexpected new family...

Through the eyes of grandmother Rumidjah, a poor old Christian woman living in the slums of Jakarta, we see the economical changing society of...

This rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family uncovers the story behind the family's phenomenal economic success. The...

In summer 2025, the Van Drayens gathers at their secluded estate, The Château, for their annual family dinner. But as the patriarch reveals the...

A border town in the south of Switzerland is the backdrop for the most important summer in 15-year old Samuel’s young life. He is introverted,...

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

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...

To discover the truth behind the mysterious objects her uncle brought back from the Far East during her childhood, filmmaker Francesca Lixi embarks...

Tasmania, 1954: Slovenian migrant Melita abandons her husband and young daughter, Sonja. Sonja's distraught father perseveres with his new life in a...

Aiyra left her small hometown to work in the big city. Conceição, her mother, left many years ago, but she returned.

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...