A cheerful short about a sprightly old woman who refuses to obey Death when he comes to call.
Sigrid Koetse, award-winning actor and grande dame of Dutch theater, lived most of her life in the public eye and was always surrounded by a crowd of admirers. With this short documentary, filmmaker Wytse Koetse shows how his aunt spends her days nowadays, lonely in her Amsterdam home.
Sien (74) leaves for her hideout on the captivating island of Vlieland. Here she recollects her memories on an old tape recorder of her turbulent life as a mother, life-drawing model, squatter and activist in Amsterdam in the sixties.
A short film commissioned by CBC based on a poem by Canadian poet Irving Layton.
Mrs. Winkler is very old and severely sick. She lives alone because her daughter can no longer take care of her and does not have enough money for a place in a nursing home or home care. As a solution, her daughter decides to get an automated care assistant for Mrs. Winkler. At first, Mrs. Winkler is skeptical of the robot, but over time she develops a certain affection for it. The care assistant can entertain and support her in ways that her daughter cannot because of her own responsibilities. Eventually, Mrs. Winkler even recognizes the possibility that the robot could assist her in dying, which gives her some comfort.
84-year-old Maura is the guardian of a very particular tradition in danger of extinction. She is a singer of amorfinos, verses full of humor that will disappear forever with her departure.
Short Croatian documentary by Ante Babaja that centers around the everyday lives of elderly Yugoslav women.
A dash of youth, a pinch of age, and an unrecorded recipe: Mudder's Hands is a charming documentary conversation about arthritis, centered around the tradition of baking Newfoundland raisin bread.
Mateo is an unscrupulous young real estate agent. He lives in a house where nothing is lacking, but his well-off life will be disturb one morning because of the presence of an intruder.
Kevin is having a bad day. He’s been bitten by one of those strange, shuffling creatures that suddenly seem to be everywhere. Perhaps the friendly people at his local pharmacy can help?
A short story about three completely different beings - a cat, an old woman, and a bird. Or maybe not so different after all? While the viewer follows the cat character, it becomes clearer that one's actions can alter not only one's behavior...
The film follows the last 4 years life of Grandma Hashima, the last existent from colonial Taiwan, who knows the secrets of "Green Jail," the notorious coal mine before World War II on Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan.
“Behind time, time comes” interlaced with folk songs, narrates the rhythms of rural life, where time and its weight, shape and define the landscape, as well as the lives that compose it. Accompanying the reminiscences of a group of women from the parish of Dornelas, Sever do Vouga, Portugal.
A short documentary about my lovely aunt Lili. The film shows just a small part of her life. She is always on the lookout for luck, whether in love or with scratch-off tickets.
Two village peasants compete for a girl who is no longer alive... According to their beliefs, the soul of the deceased is nearby for several days and sometimes returns.
In a peaceful house, the Domovoï family spend all their time taking care of Irène, an old woman lying motionless in bed.
An 80-year-old woman spends her time at a bus station. She’s waiting for the right moment to leave this place forever.
Herlinda Augustin is a Shipibo healer who lives with her family in Peruvian Amazonia. Will she and other healers be able to maintain their ancient tradition despite Western encroachment?