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Films
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Film list
Why is Mr W. Laughing?
2017
76
‘
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
Western Europe
Art / Artists / Artisans
Collective / Community identity
Elderly people
Health / Health care / Healing
Life Story / Life History
Personal Narrative
Social participation
A Hospice in Amsterdam
2005
62
‘
Directed by
Steef Meyknecht
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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 people come to the Veerhuis to die.
Western Europe
Health / Health care / Healing
Elderly people
TOTE_Grandfather
2019
80
‘
Main Competition
Directed by
María Sojob
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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 in the
Central America
Indigenous Filmmaking
Gender Role and Identity
Family / Kinship
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Elderly people
Love
Intergenerational relations
Linguistics / Language
Memory
Good-bye Old Man
1977
70
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Directed by
David MacDougall
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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, from the days of preparation to their
Australia
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Death
Elderly people
Film / Photography / Mass media
Ritual
Pepe
2004
23
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Directed by
Juana Schlenker
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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 ago and now he fills his days with
British-Irish Isles
Migration
Elderly people
The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song
2012
71
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Directed by
Christy Garland
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‘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 the family
South America
Elderly people
Family / Kinship
Intergenerational relations