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While undergoing treatment himself, comedian Rhod Gilbert goes on a frank, revealing, and frequently funny journey into the world of male infertility. Rhod also meets a man whose wife had eight years of treatment before they discovered that he was the one with the fertility issues.

"Two: Stories of Life, Love, and Infertility" is a poignant and intimate feature-length documentary that weaves together powerful personal narratives surrounding infertility. At its core is the inspirational journey of Hunter and Kasie Ferrari, a couple whose struggles with infertility sparked the creation of this film. Kasie and Hunter were both diagnosed with separate instances of infertility, when the two are combined, they had a roughly zero percent chance of ever having kids. Through IVF, they had 2 miscarriages, their third transfer resulted in their twins who just turned one year old. Their emotional story serves as the backbone, taking viewers through the devastating losses, the grueling fertility treatments, the mental and emotional turmoil, as well as the unwavering hope that persisted through it all. Hunter and Kasie's candid interviews lay bare the profound impacts infertility can have on individuals and relationships.

What happens when life takes an unexpected turn and biological children are no longer an option.

Watch the chilling tale of African women whose fertility was tragically stripped away through an experimental tetanus vaccination program. Are women from other continents next?

BBC Mundo journalist Ana María Roura and her husband, Sebastien Jesús, share their personal journey of attempting to become parents. After receiving a diagnosis of infertility, the couple turns to in vitro fertilisation (IV), the most common technique in assisted reproduction. They recorded their treatments for more than 3 years and filmed a sort of diary that helps the audience understand the process from a scientific perspective and also delve into the psychological impact of the treatments. Like Ana María and Sebastien and other characters in this film, millions of people worldwide confront infertility, which the World Health Organisation has described as a 'global fertility crisis'. Despite its widespread impact, infertility remains a taboo subject in many societies.

Three men who underwent vasectomies comment on their reasons for the procedure. Many children, convenient contraception, and the decision to live without children. These are purely human reasons, even if controversial for some. The topic of voluntary male infertility is still taboo in Czech society; vasectomies have only been legal here for 11 years, but the number of procedures is increasing every year. Andrologist Lukáš Bittner, biologist Stanislav Komárek, and gynecologist Helena Máslová have different opinions on the subject. Should we be afraid that men will voluntarily become infertile, or is this a modern method of contraception that does not leave this burden solely on women?

A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.

After a bizarre one night stand leaves him infertile, a careless bachelor sets out to connect with the television presenter who, as the result of the anonymous sperm donation he once made, happens to be pregnant with his child.

After years of "manually" trying to conceive, John and Katie Kelly put their bodies, wallet and marriage through the ringer of modern infertility treatments.

Botched directions lead a struggling couple to a small Mexican town whose residents have a positive effect on the pair's faltering marriage.

Charlie (Conaway) is a happy man with a beautiful wife (Roberts), a wonderful career and every blessing a man could want except "...children". When the wife demands a "star child" and Charlie can't deliver the goods, they turn to their crazy neighbor (Calvin) to get the job done, so to speak. Very hilarious and bawdy comedy where "one rooster to a hen-house" is not always the truth.

400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets.

Four people who have nothing in common. The wife of a successful man who lacks only one thing to be happy – a child. She is willing to do almost anything to have one. A sports coach who has devoted his life to athletics is now past his prime and has time to realize everything he has missed. An old woman lives alone in a large empty house, without human contact, which she seeks in higher spheres. And finally, a young mother with two children. Her small salary and harsh life do not play into her favor. She struggles and fights, but perhaps the moment will come when she gives up everything. The visually captivating film Proměny follows four different characters whose lives intertwine only slowly and randomly. The individual fates and the plot culminate, and the film's bold concept inevitably leads to a final clash. What must happen for life to be different than before?

A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.

The physical and emotional trauma of three close-knit women trying to have children is explored.

Ulla and Gunnar meet and fall in love in Stockholm in the late 1930s. Early in their relationship Ulla discovers that she is pregnant but she decides to get an abortion because she doesn't want to pressure Gunnar into marrying her. The outbreak of the war puts a strain on their relationship when Gunnar gets called up for military service.

After a woman's at-home DNA test reveals multiple half-siblings, she discovers a shocking scheme involving donor sperm and a popular fertility doctor.

A woman and her husband are faced with a dilemma when her aunt dies. In order to collect her inheritance, she must produce a daughter. The problem is that the woman's husband seems to be sterile. After they try every method to conceive, they resort to help from an outside source.

What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in what way is their fate linked to that of wealthy Fiona Dunkerley?

Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.

A married couple, unable to conceive, search for a male donor, but jealousy creates problems when the husband spies on his wife while posing as her brother.

Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of assisted reproduction and domestic adoption.

Hassan is a teacher in a primary school under her hardline head, Mr. Madbouly, Hassan lives with his wife Nadia in happiness despite the passage of seven years without having children. The dispute begins between them because there are no children, one of them suggests that Hassan marry the nader's sister so that he can have children. The beholder welcomes the marriage, which remains a secret to his first wife, Nadia.

A man has two sons from two different ladies at the same day,he writes them both to his wife as twins it in the formal papers.

Shingo and Ritsuko have a baby: Takashi. They happen to be a happy couple, but soon Ritsuko wants to know who is the true father of Takashi, born by artificial insemination.