Born at Home

Where and How Women Choose to Birth Matters.

Born at Home is a stunning documentary film exploring what it takes to have a positive and transformative birth experience.

Australian ONLINE STREAMING December, 2024

"This documentary is here to return Birth to its rightful owners: Women."

Meaghan Amor

Doula | Doula Educator

The Born at Home documentary explores and uncovers the empowering journey of homebirth, shedding light on the often overlooked and misunderstood option that has transformed lives. Born at Home dives into real stories of women navigating birth trauma and examines how a shift in environment and informed choices can reshape the birthing experience.

Wisdom is shared from homebirth families, interwoven with evidence-based information from midwives, medical professionals, doulas, researchers and maternity advocates.

Join us as we unravel the beauty, safety, and deeply moving experience of birthing at home.

Watch the Film in Cinemas throughout Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, Canada And the US via the Demand Film Platform

If you cannot see a screening near you and you’d like to organise one in your local community at no cost to you, follow these steps or click the link below:

1. Visit the demand.film website, select ‘Host a cinema screening’.

2. Enter your details and location and submit.

3. Demand will email you if the screening is confirmed or if any date changes are necessary. This may take a week or so to confirm.

4. Promote this event in your local community to meet the minimum threshold of ticket sales for the event to go ahead.

5. Enjoy the feeling of sharing the beauty of homebirth with your local community. And, THANK YOU!

Photograph by Olive Juice Lifestyle Photography

Collaboration to create and birth this film

Born at Home was created by friends and homebirth mothers Amanda Banks and Eleanor Currie. We filmed a bunch of content ourselves but relied on the generosity of our local birth photographers, videographers and families to contribute additional labour, birth and hospital footage to provide the rich tapestry of homebirth experiences that you witness on the screen. If you are QLD, Australia based and looking for an incredible birth or family photographer or videographer or even if you’d like to be inspired by birth footage, check out our talented photo and video contributors page.