Grandmother Movies

Rebekah, a young girl occupied by her personal life and job, disregards a failing relationship with her grandmother, who she'll eventually have to...

A grandson shows his grandmother how to navigate an iPad 2 full of clues for solving a puzzle. Over a phone call, she recites an email she wrote...

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...

Some people think coming out is a one-time event. But in reality, it’s an ongoing series of conversations that need love and courage. See what...

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

When he's ready to take the next step with his shiksa girlfriend, a young Jewish man gets possessed by the spirit of his dead Yiddish grandmother,...

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

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...

"Barbara Hammer's Optic Nerve is a powerful personal reflection on family and aging. Hammer employs filmed footage which, through optical printing...

Ariane's grandmother often visits her in her dreams. Together, they wander through unknown nocturnal landscapes. In this dreamlike short film, where...

Forced by her poor father to live with a well-off man, a young girl must find a way to escape her new abusive home.

Grandma has become a little doddery. And since the death of her husband, called E.O., ever bigger gaps have opened in her memory, and her...

A short documentary on a grandson returning home to visit his aging grandmother who was crying to see him on the phone.

If your family photographs could speak, what stories would they share? Interweaving interviews with family artefacts, 'My Lovely Grandma' is an...

A young woman struggles to tell her beloved grandmother a truth that she believes may ruin their relationship.

To process grief, a young adult revisits fragments of their late grandmother’s life to restore the version of their own inner child when she...