IM Deck January 2025
Inconceivable Motherhood is a feature doc from Nika Belianina about her battle with involuntary childlessness using therapeutic arts and the help of an international community.
Release Date 2026
In Production
Filmmaker Nika Belianina, who always assumed she’d be a mother, explores involuntary childlessness through her personal journey. Her years-long quest for motherhood becomes an emotional odyssey of hope, loss, and reinvention. The film combines Nika’s story with insights from members of the global childless community, including advocates like Jody Day and Melanie Notkin. It exposes the societal, economic, and psychological impacts of living without children. Using symbolic reconstructions and therapeutic dance, the film depicts grief and resilience. By challenging pronatalism and societal biases, it aims to raise awareness and foster a broader understanding of childlessness not by choice.