Family History Movies

Filmmaker Helena de Llanos, who lives in the chaotic house, full of memories and treasures, where her grandfather, Fernando Fernán...

One man's discoveries concerning the small town his mother grew up in reveals disturbing facts.

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,...

The filmmaker envisions what life would have been like if her parents never left their country of origin. The haunting imagery and disjointed...

The pianist Miguel Ángel Lozano embarks on a personal and artistic journey with the purpose of reconstructing the life of his grandmother,...

In an attempt to connect with his deceased father, a young man travels to the past to understand his future.

Rouzbeh arrives in Prague, far from his troubled family life in Tehran, to research his father’s past. Visiting the flat where his father, a...

The rugged Swiss mountain valley of Bregaglia has produced an entire dynasty of artists: the Giacomettis. Alberto revolutionised the art world with...

A school teacher never just teaches. A step back in time of the life of a school teacher in a small city in the North of France and her experience of...

In 1946, Heidi is entrusted to a Swiss family by her father. He will never come back for her. Today, François Yang questions his mother about...

Filmmaker and educator Janine Windolph ventures from Saskatchewan to Quebec with her two teens and younger sister, tracing their familial origins to...

Flora Bear’s youngest granddaughter searches for truth and answers about her Indigenous grandmother’s life.

To open a photographs box is to travel through past and present, thinking about the future.

In an empty house, we see the memories of a home, from those who once lived and filled it with joy and love.