The bond between a mother and child is defined by unwavering devotion, sacrifice, and enduring resilience. A Mother's Story is an intimate collection of four short films that collectively explore the universal complexities of motherhood across diverse experiences.

The program begins gently with Mama, where a mother and daughter, separated by years, navigate the tender challenge of rediscovering their shared history. The tone then shifts dramatically with Appetite for Destruction, which captures the silent, destructive control of a mother whose anxieties push her daughters to a critical breaking point during a strained family dinner. Following this intensity, Much Cry and Little Wool offers a quiet, introspective moment, observing an elderly grandmother's daily forgetfulness during lockdown as her grandson finds a profound parallel in his own childhood memories. The program culminates with the powerful documentary, Tunisia’s Fields of Resilience, which captures Noura’s fierce, solitary struggle working grueling hours in extreme conditions, motivated solely by the need to secure vital surgery and a better future for her daughter, Reem.

These four films are not just individual accounts; they are fragments that weave together the full tapestry of motherhood—a story of love that endures, sacrifice that defines, and resilience that saves.