Motherbaby International Film Festival

The Motherbaby   International Film Festival

Wants You!   It is free, fabulous, and open to the public. 

If you are interested in Healthy Babies, Humanity, World Birth Issues, Life, Truth and Love, then come spend some time with us in Portland at the Gentle Birth World Congress - September 28 - 30th.  "Motherbaby" will screen more than 25 films from around the world which share the joys, issues and concerns of pregnancy, birth and infancy. Some of the films will make you laugh.  Some will make you cry and some will make you just plain angry.   

Learn how to have a safe birth wherever you are.  Learn what most european countries already know about keeping the cost of birth low and the safety ranking high.  Connect with your friends and your heroes.   Share your ideas with Producers, Directors, Activists and Leaders in healthcare professions . 

If you come, "Motherbaby" promises to open your eyes and your heart.

The Motherbaby International Film Festival is a mobile movement sponsored by SageFemme.com, HomeBirthVideos.org and Hana Peace Works. We can be reached at:

Motherbaby International Film Festival
PO Box 973
Tiburon, Ca.  94920
415 847 6252

Diana Paul       
Debby Takikawa,
Executive Directorsuti


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Featured Films     The Business of Being Born Ricki Lake comes to Portland!                       (schedule permitting) I wanted to make this movie after my two very different birth experiences with my children. I felt like I had an opportunity to explore and question birthing practices in this country and perhaps be an advocate for mothers' rights and better maternity care.
Noah Wyle Narrates What Babies Want This award winning documentary about babies explores the profoundly important and sacred opportunity we have in bringing children into the world. Psalm & Zoya Mindy Goorchenko shows us what a truly empowered birth goddess looks like.  Unforgetable.	Birth of Sabine Sabine's video shows us the excitement and anticipation of a moms first pregnancy. Birthday A very touching and intimate account of natural  waterbirth and close family dynamics. The love and support Naolí receives give her the courage to labor uninhibited.

photo:judith Halek

Call For Entries


It is not too late to submit your film to MIFF The deadline for submissions is Sept 1, 2007 We are especially looking for humerous and short films about birth, but are open to considering any film that focuses on conception through infancy and the issues associated with that time. Please send your submission to:

Motherbaby International Film Festival
PO Box 973
Tiburon, Ca.  94920
415 847 6252

Please include 2 new copies of each entry in DVD format. There is no entry fee. You will be notified by email if your entry has been accepted. Please email diana@sagefemme for any information and to obtain the entry release.

The Gentle Birth World Congress is bringing together doctors, midwives, nurses, doulas, childbirth educators, naturopaths, psychologists, pastors and parents  - all to discuss the impact of birth in all of our lives.  There will be many discussions about the state of maternal/child health and all the decisions that parents today are facing when bringing a new being into the world.

Participants have already registered from around the world. The scientific Congress features world famous speakers AND a FREE Gentle Birth and Baby Expo  with exhibits, baby wearing fashion shows, book signings and lectures covering a multitude of interesting and timely topics on birth and parenting.

The Congress organizers are proud to include the Motherbaby International Film Festival as part of this historic gathering.  Come to Portland, Oregon the last weekend of September and catch a film, listen to a lecture, meet midwives, parents, doulas and doctors and have your heart opened, your mind expanded and your eyes opened.    

The Gentle Birth World Congress and FREE Baby Expo  is sponsored by  Waterbirth International, a nonprofit organization, dedicated to changing the conversation about birth.  Additional support has been received from Mothering Magazine, Kiwi Magazine, Liddell Laboratories), Grand Magazine( www.grandmagazine.com ), Metro Parent( www.metroparent.com), Natural Awakenings
    ( www.naportland.com ), Waterbirth Technologies,( www.waterbirthtech.com) and the Business of Birth( www.businessofbirth.com).

The Motherbaby International Film Festival is here to heal and to change the images of birth and how we perceive ourselves.  It is here to empower women and inspire social change.  The Motherbaby Film Festival offers us the way of peaceful, gentle and respectful birth. Our precious babies are the future hope of the world. Let's usher in a new way of birthing so that we can all be free to love.

About Motherbaby IFF
The Motherbaby International Film Festival is sponsored by Sage Femme, a nonprofit organization with the mission of increasing awareness of the benefits of natural childbirth and homebirth.  Sage Femme produces videos, publications and events with empowering information for women, families and the healthcare community.   

MIFF is co-sponsored by , A Production Company Dedicated to Peace Through Love and Understanding. Our productions aim to open your heart and mind to the true nature of babies.
Hana Peace Works

Interested in forwarding this Natural Birth Movement?  Volunteering at the Motherbaby International Film Festival in Portland or on tour?  Care to help  shape the story of MIFF and natural birth?  CONTACT:  415 847 6252 or diana@SageFemme.com