The Choice

Everything Goes Wrong

October 1960 •Japanese

Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution, and the impact of its choices on personal relationships: one with his mother, one with her business man lover and one with the girl in love with him.

Illegitimate

June 2016 •Romanian

At the dinner table one night, a close-knit Romanian family is upset by a startling revelation.

This Is Jane

Invalid date •English

Dissatisfied with the state of health services available in the United States during the 1960s, an activist in Chicago forms a group that provides education and counseling for women seeking abortions.

24 Weeks

September 2016 •German

Astrid is a comedian who makes people laugh for a living; her husband Markus is her manager and the two of them work well together. They have a nine-year-old daughter and are expecting their second child. When they learn that their child will not be born healthy, they are at first optimistic that they will be able to meet this challenge – although they have no idea what awaits them. But the closer it gets to the due date, the more Astrid begins to worry about the future of her unborn child as well as that of her family and her career. After many discussions and arguments Astrid realises that the decision that will affect all their lives must be made by her alone. What complicates matters further is the fact that, as a successful entertainer, she is in the eye of the public and the media.

Young Adult Matters

April 2021 •Korean

Se-jin, a high school student, becomes pregnant and gets ostracized by her family and school. While wandering the streets, she meets Joo-yeong, an experienced runaway, and tries to get an abortion with Joo-yeong's help.

Up the Junction

November 1965 •English

The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.

Lingui: The Sacred Bonds

December 2021 •French

On the outskirts of the capital of Chad, determined single mother Amina works tirelessly to provide for herself and her 15-year old daughter Maria. When Amina discovers Maria is pregnant and does not want a child, the two women begin to seek out an abortion, condemned by both religion and law. In the process, mother and daughter forge a connection stronger than any they’ve ever known.

Citizen Ruth

November 1996 •English

"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

September 2019 •French

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Abortion

November 1966 •Japanese

A gynecologist attempts to rid the world of sexual problems by separating sex on the one hand and reproduction, which he feels should be left to artificial wombs.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

August 2007 •Romanian

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

Lifemark

September 2022 •English

David's comfortable world is turned upside down when his birth mother Melissa unexpectedly reaches out, longing to meet the eighteen year old son she's only held once.

Kvinnor i väntrum

October 1946 •Swedish

A doctor for females gets a visit from Gun, who wants to get an abortion. But the doctor wants her to reconsider and keep the baby.

Friendships, Secrets and Lies

December 1979 •English

Six former sorority sisters are suspected of murder when a baby's skeleton is found in the ruins of the sorority house.

The Cardinal

December 1963 •English

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Sorority Stories

February 2013 •English

A silent Christmas night at a sorority house turns into an unexplainable crime scene for Nadia Jones and her friends, when a recently released conman claims to be the father of her supposedly mutated child.

Violette Nozière

May 1978 •French

Paris, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent 18-year-old her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the less salubrious areas of the city.

The child's first right

October 1932 •German

Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer

October 2018 •English

The story of the investigation and trial of abortion provider Dr Kermit Gosnell.

Runaway Daughters

January 1956 •English

Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with an easy, carefree life they soon pass from misdemeanors into serious crime - and will suffer for it. Sometimes, repentance comes too late.