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The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song
Directed by Christy Garland
The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song’, using direct cinema style, introduces us to the Smith family in Georgetown, Guyana, where both Muscle, and his mother Mary, each struggle to fight...
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Domov
Directed by Rosie Read
This film looks at the meaning of ‘home’ in the Czech Republic through the eyes of two women – one an old woman trying to assert her right to return...
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Endgames
Directed by Ilinca Calugareanu
The film follows a day in the life of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania, focusing on the way the lives of the three main characters – Valer, an 85 year...
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Good-bye Old Man
Directed by David MacDougall
A last request of a Tiwi man on Melville Island was that a film be made of the pukumani (bereavment) ceremony to follow his death. The film follows his family,...
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A Hospice in Amsterdam
Directed by Steef Meyknecht
At the end of Van Goghstraat in Amsterdam is the Veerhuis. A normal residential house in a normal urban area, where children play outside in front of the door. But...
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In a State of Dress
Directed by Madelief de Heer
Filmed in Walcheren, a region in the south-west of the Netherlands, this film tells of the lived experience of wearing regional dress. Once worn by the whole community, today this...
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The Ospreys and the Old Man
Directed by Ang Gao
A 76-year-old man living in a village in the middle of China continues the traditional practice of using ospreys (鱼鹰. 鱼鹰 usually referred to as great cormorant in English) to...
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Pepe
Directed by Juana Schlenker
Pepe is a Spanish immigrant who came to England more than forty years ago to work as a waiter. After working in several restaurants and hotels, he retired two years...
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A Small Light
Directed by Julia Yezbick
Through following the daily life of a home for the elderly in Kathmandhu, Nepal, run by Catholic nuns but situated beside the cremation ghats of Pashupathinath Hindu temple, this film...
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TOTE_Grandfather
Directed by María Sojob
This film portrays an unexpected encounter between an old Tzotzil man, who is going blind, and his granddaughter, who does not remember her childhood well. The granddaughter, having grown up...
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White Sunshine Weather
Directed by Ane Bonde Rolsted
White Sunshine Weather’ is filmed at Denmark’s largest institution for mentally disabled adults, Landsbyen Sølund. The film explores the relation between residents and educators in the unit for old people....
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Why is Mr W. Laughing?
Directed by Jana Papenbrook
Jana Papenbroock with Horst Wässle, Michael Gerdsmann, Bernhard Krebs WHY IS MR W. LAUGHING? is a portrait of three members of a community of artists with different disabilities. Rather than...
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