Age Old Story

What It All Could Be

September 2021 •German

Hum lives in a refugee camp near Hamburg. He loves films and finances his visits to the cinema by selling lost properties from cinema visits in the refugee camp. One day he meets Anna and her friend Ida. At a dinner together in the shared flat of the two, they find out that they all share a love of music. Anna and Ida can sing great together and Hum shares the contact with his friends who play in a band. A timid and touching love story develops between Hum and Anna. Both are looking forward to the first performance of the band, in which Anna now sings. But shortly before the performance, Hum is to be deported. Neither his love for Anna and music nor his imagination can save him from the everyday life of a refugee.

The Magic Bubble

March 1993 •English

A middle-aged woman frees herself from the spirit-crushing influence of her husband by refusing to remember what her age is.

Grandpa

December 1999 •English

An ignored older man makes a dramatic and reckless bid for attention with success.

No se preocupe

September 2008 •Spanish

Sometimes You're Such a Darn Egg

November 2023 •Swedish

An exploration of the final five eggs battling for their existence within Magdalena as she navigates around the voices of society, and her own body.

Tinou

January 2016 •French

Abstinence leads to suffering, falling off the wagon means death. Tinou must adhere to a strict regimen to qualify as a recipient of a new liver. Aschi is also suffering: from the lacklustre present, which seems to render his brilliant past all the more magnificent. But he retrieves the past in a letter from South Africa.

Angry Ladybug

January 2024 •English

Angry Ladybug is an anthology short film analysing the worst feelings us as humans feel... anger, the subject is a black teenager as the narrator goes through his daily life explaining his day and emotion.

Things That Go Bump in the Night: Tales of Haunted New England

October 2009 •English

Things That Go Bump in the Night: Tales of Haunted New England takes you on a journey throughout historic New England collecting tales of the supernatural, the unexplained, and the mysterious — spooky stories of ghosts, spirits, witches... and even a vampire!

The Song of the Years to Come

April 2024 •Spanish

On the island of La Gomera, children imagine stories while they examine archeological remains. An ethno-fictional journey in which past and present coalesce, creating resonances between the volcanic landscape and Silbo, the whistled language of the island.

A Perfect Enemy

June 2021 •English

Famed architect Jeremy Angust is approached on his trip to the Paris Airport by a chatty girl named Texel Textor who needs a ride. He obliges and after they part ways at the airport entrance, he misses his flight. As he settles in the lounge, he encounters the mysterious young Texel again, who insists on telling her strange story — and the conversation grows stranger and more twisted until it turns sinister and deadly.

The Balcony Movie

August 2021 •Polish

Composed from the conversations that the director holds with people passing by in the street under his Warsaw apartment, each story in 'The Balcony Movie' is unique and deals with the way we try to cope with life as individuals. All together, they create a self-portrait of contemporary human life, and the passers-by present a composite picture of today's world.

Kino Kopf

April 2024 •English

Born from steel and glass Kino Kopf is created by two inventors. They are assembled by their mother, a nurturing artist, and their Father a greedy entrepreneur. Kino Kopf is the first of its kind a sentient humanoid VHS camera. They are given a life by their mother but presented to the world by their father. Kino Kopf is the next big sensation and spurs a technological revolution. They are soon forgotten and alone as new models surpass them. Kino Kopf is left alone to contemplate if they ever had a soul, as visions of an electric cowboy dance through their dreams.

A Beat to Rest

March 2025 •English

Late into his career, an elderly jazz drummer is forced to come to terms with aging after a bandmate suggests he retire.

Those, revealed on the walls, in a touch

February 2025 •Malayalam

A short documentary on a grandson returning home to visit his aging grandmother who was crying to see him on the phone.

The Mystery of That Swimming Pool

January 2020 •Portuguese

Heaven Can Wait – Wir leben jetzt

October 2023 •German

The film accompanies members of a Hamburg choir singing modern pop songs.

How Old Are You

May 2014 •Malayalam

A married woman, who has set aside her dreams for the sake of her husband and daughter, rediscovers her true self and becomes an achiever.

A Life in Color

May 2025 •German

When we first meet Eleanor, she’s doing fitness exercises. She seems to be enjoying her life to the fullest, has a colorful wardrobe, keeps active, and loves to dance. Every day, every hour is precious. Can it be that such an energetic woman is already 92 years old? Eleanor wants to hold on to life and cannot bring herself to make a will.

METALLICA the Complete Story

October 2008 •English

METALLICA the Complete Story

Best Wishes

December 2023 •English

An old widower, Jasper, routinely makes coffee in two mugs and picks up trash around his community. Some of his more interesting finds speckle his home. His neighbors mostly disregard him. On one of his regular hunts, he chances upon an envelope. To his surprise, he finds old wedding photos and presumes the addressee, Angie, to be the bride. Determined to complete the delivery, Jasper follows a map to the address. When he finally arrives, his excitement is upended when Angie, now divorced, rebuffs him and the photos. He leaves her with an open invitation to his home, should she change her mind. The next morning, Jasper starts his routine-only to find Angie at his door. After a heart-to-heart on loss and new life, Jasper invites Angie to pick up trash with him. Together, they go.