Films in competition (Short and medium-lengh films)

Born of another

By Cathie Dambel | 2020 | Belgium | Documentary | 65 min

Surrogate motherhood (GPA), forbidden in France and Germany, is tolerated in Belgium as long as it is not commercial. Since 1997, the medically assisted procreation team of the CHU Saint-Pierre in Brussels, composed of gynaecologists, psychologists, biologists and nurses, has been accompanying couples on their way to parenthood.

Synopsis

Surrogate motherhood (GPA), forbidden in France and Germany, is tolerated in Belgium as long as it is not commercial. Since 1997, the medically assisted procreation team of the CHU Saint-Pierre in Brussels, composed of gynaecologists, psychologists, biologists and nurses, has been accompanying couples on their way to parenthood.