Ageing and the Elderly
Zelf
Making choices seem to be a matter of your right to shape your life just the way you want to. But what if you’re not able to make your own choices?
Nicht im Traum
An elderly couple fighting for dignity. Both do not accept that their life should be dominated by illness and the assistance of their daughter.
27 Thoughts About My Father
Mike Hoolboom reflects in 27 brief scenes on the life of his father, an exceedingly clever, yet evanescent personality.
L’année du robot
The human being and a robot as an artificial counterpart. A study on the cognitive dissonance and on a mysterious relational space between them.
The Other Fab Four
In the mid-1960s, four teenagers from Liverpool were changing pop music. Mary, Sylvia, Pam and Val took very successfully off as «The Liverbirds».
The Caregiver
Raj returns to his work as caregiver to an elderly man, only to be greeted by a Filipino woman who seems to have taken over his job.
Sol de Agosto
Javier helps his ailing mother Ana, who is living with a bipolar disorder. He returns home to settle a legal dispute with her medical insurance.
Marina
Marina leaves her family behind to earn money abroad by lookikng after elderly people in German households. A story on a specific form of migration.
Gratis
However Ruud and Els have been married for a hundred years, it only takes one minute to look at each other with different eyes again.
Ja i Mój Tata
Dawid decides to take care of his father Edward who has Alzheimer’s disease. How much of their life will Dawid and his family be able to sacrifice?
De Hoeder
Nico van Hasselt (90) has been active as a general practitioner in Amsterdam ever since 1956. A committed doctor who truly cares for his patients.
Digital Immigrants
A group of senior citizens is trying to find their place in the digital age. Their problem is ours: How long can we keep up with the development?
Dear Araucaria
«Almost all people want to solve puzzles, I think it’s part of human nature.»
When Day Is Done
A sojourn into the memories of a life shared, this film is a portrait of my grandmother’s recollection of my late grandfather.
Wiezi
45 years of marriage is an impressive anniversary. Barbara and Zdzisław could be proud of themselves, but something went wrong some years ago…
Ik was pas 14
On October 2nd, 1944, my grandmother, then 14 years old, saw how her father, along with 658 other men, was deported by train. He never came back…
Världen som en gång var min
A short documentary about aging and nostalgia featuring 82-years-old Carl Schönmeyr.
Isabella
At the age of ninety-two, Isabella struggles to remember. How much of your life do you need to remember to remain yourself?
ботаник
The story of Raïmberdi, a passionate botanist who built his own hydroelectric station to help his family survive a famine in the Pamir region.
Bondepoeten
The touching life story of Sven, a 94-year old Swedish farmer and poet, told by himself.
Alles is gezegd
Wim suffers from what is called »locked-in syndrome«. For the first time, his three sons take over care for some days to allow their mother a rest.
Undressing My Mother
«Undressing my Mother» is a story that is funny in nature but sad in reality. The film was shot on location in Ethel’s house and directed by her son.
Negative Space
«My dad taught me how to pack.» An animated film based on a poem by Ron Koertge.
Decrescendo
The film quietly observes the unexpected and rich friendship that develops between a young psychologist and his patients in a State retirement home.
Anatomie
Gilles Pelletier and Françoise Graton testify to a love that has triumphed over time and engage in a captivating dialogue of desire and old age.
Ghost Train
84 year-old Geoffrey has had to put his wife in a nursing home and feels completely alone until one day he takes a ride into «Dracula’s».
Notes on Blindness
After losing sight, John Hull knew that if he did not try to understand blindness it would destroy him. In 1983, he began keeping an audio diary…
Oma Lien
Lien suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and loses contact with reality, but Christel is still visiting her granny twice a week. Because she loves her.
Joining the Dots
The story of Trevor, who lost his sight at the age of 60 and found his way out of the following depression with the help of audiodescription.
Cailleach
Morag is 86 and lives alone at the end of a track looking out to sea on her croft on the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, with her cats and sheep.
The Men of Atalissa
For decades, a group of men with intellectual disabilities seemed happy living in a small Iowa town. Then their neighbors found out the truth.
Aldrig för sent – gympagrupp 90+
A documentary about a very exclusive fitness group. The average age: 93 years!
I’m Here
The last days of a woman in nursing care. She can no longer leave her bed and both her husband and daughter give everything to care for her.
Manolo Montesco and Carmela Capuleto
What would Romeo and Juliet‘s life have been like if they had not died as teenagers? What would their relationship have been like if they had lived to be 90?
One Night
An elderly couple in New York. The two are preparing for a romantic night. Her in the bathroom, him in the bedroom.
Egg Cup Requiem
Johnny was born in 1930. His passion is collecting egg cups. It has its origins in a traumatic experience in his childhood.