Аннотация:The search for effective ways to establish a positive attitude of youth towards parenthood constitutes anurgent task to resolve the demographic problem and to increase the birth rate in modern Russia. Cinema artis a significant resource for the personal development. The purpose of the study is to analyze theeffectiveness of the psychological impact on attitudes regarding the parenthood of youth as a result of anintervention based on cinema. To assess the effect of the impact, the “Incomplete sentences” technique, thefocus group and content analysis method were used. The sample consisted of 18 students aged 19-22 years.76% of participants transform their attitudes regarding parenthood significantly. Results. The concept ofparenthood has become more adequate, complete and harmonious. The ambivalent and neutral attitudetowards parenthood has been replaced by a positive one. participants accepted parenthood as a sphere ofpersonal growth and self-realization; recognized their readiness to accept parental responsibility anddiscovered new ideas of the functions and means of parenting. The psychological conditions for theeffectiveness of the intervention were 1) emotional involvement of the participants in the problems ofparenting and rising experienced by the characters of the film, 2) group discussion as the base to analy