As recently featured in the
2008 MOTHERING MAGAZINE,
the Baby International Film Festival brings together a diverse array of powerful films, leading experts, and dynamic panel-participants to explore pregnancy, birth and bonding, breastfeeding, and empowered choices regarding these issues. Be informed, be touched, and
come away with new possibilities!
The mission of this festival is to offer
positive film images that deepen and expand our sense of trust in pregnancy, birth, and parenting.
On a national level there is recognition
that women have lost confidence
in normal birth.
The film festival is an opportunity to
actively inspire women
to perceive birth in a new light.
We are creating a forum where families can find the latest information available
about pregnancy, birth and postpartum
so they can be empowered
to create an experience that will
help them thrive as a new family.
We believe this type of
support from the community
helps prevent potential problems
during this vulnerable formative period.
An ounce of prevention here can
leave a legacy for a lifetime.
...experiences have clearly shown that an approach which "de-medicalizes" birth, restores dignity and humanity to the process of childbirth, and returns control to the mother is also the safest approach. -Michel Odent, MD
