Produced & Directed by Danae Stylianou Country of Production: Cyprus Facebook | Instagram: @birthdaysdoc Website: birthdaysdocumentary.com/ A documentary about birth in times of excessive medical intervention. In a country where Caesarean section births account for 4 times the recommended WHO rate, one mother sets out to reclaim her own body and regain trust in the maternity care system. How do we give birth to our children and what are the reasons behind the increase in C-sections? Has labour become a "cascade of intervention"? What are women's rights at labour and how can a woman gain confidence in her own female nature? By presenting audiovisual material from natural births, interviews with health care professionals and a series of real events, Birth Days opens new horizons in the approach of labour as a unique natural experience. Has medicalisation of childbirth gone too far? CREDITS: Produced & Directed by: Danae Stylianou Filmed & Edited by: Danae Stylianou Interviews - Content Advisor: Marianna Larmou Sound Design & Mixing: Christos Kyriacoullis Music Supervisor: Andreas Christodoulou Color: Panicos Petrides Subtitling: Diamanto Stylianou Graphics: Artemis Psathas With the support of the Ministry of Education & Culture of Cyprus
