Grandmother Movies

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

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...

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

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

The poor shepherd boy Michal signs up for service at the royal castle as a gardener's apprentice. He soon learns his trade well, but he also learns...

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

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...

Jonathan Stavleu explores, in a stream-of-consciousness video essay, the relationship people have with water and what happens when access to it is...

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

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 sensitively look at a grandmother, who embodies cultural, familly and social values.

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

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...

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

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...