85 years old and never married, Shizu has spent the past 3 decades living in one "Danchi" - the Japanese word for public housing - and filling it with the lifetime of souvenirs that have always kept her company. When the danchi is scheduled for demolition, Shizu and neighbors must say goodbye to their homes, and move into newer danchi that are too small to hold all of Shizu's mementos. This intimate documentary captures Shizu's sense of humor, and profound nostalgia, as she sorts through relics of her past, and chooses which memories she must fit into her new home, and which ones she can let go of.
Shot over the course of 18 months in New York City's Lower East Side, METHADONIA sheds light on the ...
The chronic shortage of housing in Central Havana has pushed the city upwards, where life spills out...
The director's grandfather is a blind fortune teller and his father a real-estate owner. They have g...
A poetic and metaphysical view on a daily life routine in a distant nursing home, on a top of the mo...
Follows Yo, Siyuan and Mia, three young women who, using the mobile application Replika, have formed...
Herlinda Augustin is a Shipibo healer who lives with her family in Peruvian Amazonia. Will she and o...
100UP is a film which investigates the will to live. It portrays a colourful selection of 100+ year ...
For 91-year-old Ruta acting is not just a career: it is her lifestyle. Once again, she starts worki...
When Werner Herzog was still a child, his father was beaten to death before his eyes. His mother was...
Contrary to the public stereotype of a youthful homosexual community, gay men and women do grow old....
In the Espinhaço Mountains one winter, a group of small-town Brazilian girls are experiencing the en...
A short documentary about my lovely aunt Lili. The film shows just a small part of her life. She is ...
Like ghosts, the temporarily shut down cruise ships lie in the port of Hamburg. A young man comes in...
A lighthouse keeper prepares his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect with his inner elf. Hulda...
Battering, breading, frying – Berta has prepared thousands of schnitzels in her old cast-iron pan ov...
Evi, Finland’s most experienced karaoke hostess, wants to hug her customers’ pain away. With thousan...
Miguel returns to his homeland with anticipation, ready to showcase a film he stars in at a local fi...
At 88 years old, Ofelia reflects on her life under the attentive gaze of her grandchildren. Family, ...