Aging

Helke Misselwitz visits the Datça peninsula in Turkey, where artist Güler Yücel has found her refuge.

The Ukranian grandson of filmmaker Leonid Burlaka draws a rich picture of Soviet history with archive footage of his grandfather.

With a budget of 517 euros, Axel Ranisch created his debut, a tragicomedy in a warm-hearted, improvisational style.

Jacqueline Jencquel has decided to end her life before her 75th birthday. Her son accompanies her last year with the camera.

As death approaches, repressed secrets emerge from the dark recesses of a wealthy but emotionally cold family.

Two prefabricated buildings facing each other, three women, three generations, one video camera. The story of an obsession.

The last hour of the French monarch Louis XIV as a gallery performance.

Down on his luck, an aging Serge Gainsbourg wannabe struggles with his acting career, an affair he doesn't want, and a crime he didn't mean to commit.

An intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home.

João Carlos Castanha. 52 years old. Actor. Gay. Son. Crossdresser. Capable of doing anything for those he loves. Or hates.

After a stroke of fate, a manager escapes his former live to a magical place, rich in ancient customs, at the Danube delta.

An intimate portrait of the famous French sociologist duo Monique and Michel Pinçon-Charlot who remain ever embroiled in political battles.

Valerio is 30 and bipolar. His self-destructive life changes when he meets Carla, a senior citizen with early symptoms of Alzheimer's.

In 2017, Jacques Dubochet won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, making him famous overnight. He decides to use his new fame for something good.

A transgressive and political film about female nudity and how it is depicted.

This César-winning documentary provides an insightful glimpse into the lives of older gay men and lesbians in France.

The loving portrait of a life on a lurching course, but one that never went off the rails.

A Massachusetts woman who tirelessly cares for her bedridden cousin and her drug-addicted son finds herself grappling with painful memories.

The last round in Sin City. In the shadow of Las Vegas, filmmakers spend the last 24 hours before they close the Roaring 20s bar.

As a pioneer of the Fluxus movement she revolutionized the concept of art and made history with contemporaries Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage.

At the Julie-Roger-Haus in Frankfurt am Main, a care facility for seniors of all sexual orientations, "grandpa is finally allowed to be gay" (FAZ).

Alex, a hermit and philosopher, lives on the imposing cliffs of Ireland's Atlantic coast and dedicates his life to animals in need.

Unemployment... Helmut and Sieglinde are over fifty and already considered unemployable. What about young people trying to find work?

Every year, two bearded brothers sail along the picturesque canals of Friesland and discuss family relationships, poetry and philosophy.

Sophie and Wolfram meet in the hospital and set off together on their final journey. Both are terminally ill with cancer.

In an abandoned house, an aging actor and a group of aspiring filmmakers meet.

Laurent is seeking a path in life after living his youth years in laziness. Moving in with his father again, their relationship is put to the test.

Filmmaker Erik Lemke (BERLIN EXCELSIOR) portrays his great-aunt Evelin: she was born a man, in a country that no longer exists.

A transnational family drama in which four generations of a refugee family pursue their own dreams of family, home and future.

Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.

Five men of an NVA flying squadron are at the center of interest in this DEFA classic about love, tragedy and saying goodbye. Commander Milan has reached ...

On a remote plateau in Provance, an old woman has to give up her life's work and pass it on to a younger one.

After serving his prison sentence, trucker Alain is forced to temporarily move back to his mother's house and old habits will re-emerge.

An Austrian actor, author, TV personality, failed clergy assistant, gay BDSM enthusiast, a kind of renaissance man. A portrait of Hermes Phettberg.

The five protagonists, all 70+, take the audience along on their journey through life and describe what has shaped their lives and what they regret.

Sarah and Victor have been a couple for 45 years. How did they manage that? Love, ambition and secrets define this couple's odyssey.

Two people meet again after more than fifty years. They were lovers once, but their lives took different turns: she married his best friend.

The impressive life story of a unique dancer who successfully left her mark on the dance world.

Hiding out in a run-down mansion in Detroit, underground musician Adam (Tom Hiddleston) is forced to contend with the demands of the modern world.

Aki Kaurismäki's heart-warming dramedy has won over 15 international awards.

Five long-time friends hatch a daring scheme to escape from their old people's home. Their plan is to become roomates in their own place.

The documentary shows the training path of nurses in France - with all its ups and downs.

A monument for one of New Yorks most singular theater enthusiast.

Chaim Lubelski has led a pretty wild life, but the serious illness of his mother, tempts him to change his life.

After losing his job, Walter, a workaholic in his forties, finds himself in an existential crisis and takes on the identity of another man.

Jonathan sacrifices himself for his sick father and his farm. When an old acquaintance turns up, an old secret comes to light.

At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother.

When the elderly and lonely Hanna causes an accident in Germany in which a young man from Kosovo dies, she tries to track down his family.

The film follows the lives of three Roadies. 15 years they lived their dream of sex and drugs and rock'n'roll. Now, at the end of their 30's, the desire ...

Lovro is remembering the day he caught his first fish with his grandfather. Memory and reality merge into one. Lovro is tired and sad. He fills the bathtub ...

Two lonely people meet in opposing phases of life. On a busy summer day, they happen to be in the same taxi at the same time.

What should have been a ordinary job in the Czech Ore Mountains, becomes a mysterious expedition for the aging engineer Julius Schmitke.

It was 15 years ago son Junpei drowned in a tragic accident. At the annualy festive gathering it becomes obvious that resentment and sorrow bonds this ...

Aurora, an old woman, her Capeverdean housekeeper, and Pilar, all live in the same house in Lisbon. When the old woman dies, the other two learn a secret ...

For her documentary Gabi Schweiger has interviewed five sexually active women beyond the menopause. Without mincing words, you tell of love and lust in ...

Chaja Florentin and Mimi Frons have been best friends for 83 years. Born and raised in Berlin, they fled to Palestine with their families in 1934 to escape ...

The filmmaker portrays an elderly woman who has not given up the fight for living independently. A film about everyday life and aging.

An historian who survived the concentration camps, Otto Dov Kulka grants insights into his long-hidden world of thoughts.

There is a lot of smoking in a Neukölln hospice and there are also many farewells.

Grandma Lulu has died. Her things are distributed, the bedroom is painted. A survey of family closeness and distance.

This sharply observed psychodrama follows an accountant plagued by panic attacks and self-pity who maneuvers himself into an existential impasse.

The film follows five senior athletes along their biggest challenge - maturity. As all of them are between 80 and 100 years old it is a race against time ...

Guillo left his comfortable city life and went to live in the jungle, near the border to Panama. Lonely, without electricity and far from society.

As a patriarchal man, Norbert does not cope well with the fact that his beloved daughter is getting married.

The terminally ill Parvis K. flees Iran across the Mediterranean Sea to Spain to reconcile himself with his daughter Nasrin, who lives in Europe.

Trailblazing Transitions: A poignant look at the lives of 5 transgender women pioneers from the 1950s-60s, directed by Michiel van Erp.

A tale of ordinary people in Eastern Germany set in the tumultuous times following the fall of the Berlin Wall. When Hannah wins a trip to Turkey, she ...

A funny, touching story of love in old age, which broke Czech box office records. A teacher loses his job and, working in a supermarket, he finds a new ...

Fiftysomething Jean-Claude is frustrated and signs up for a tango course. The spirited music and his charming dance partner Francoise help him until he ...

The Bellaria is a small Viennese art house cinema where time seems to stand still. Here, the movies are as old as the audience.

"Dying. What's so brave about it? It's a feat pulled off by everyone".

Ten years ago, Kurt saved an outdated chairlift from demolition. Since then, he has been operating it himself - stubbornly and in any weather.

Managed by agencies and hired by cruisers, the Gigolos travel the world's oceans as gentleman-hosts in return for free passage and the opportunity to escape ...

Gianni leads a quiet life, he spends his days going for a walks and shopping. His friends however, have fun in life! Sex! So Gianni gets his rusty body ...

Pietro's wife has died. When fall comes, the busy TV executive has to bring his little daughter to school. And ends up staying there, waiting on a bench, ...

Two "strange birds“ form a tender relationship, even though they have quite different personalities.