Elena Knows

The New Music

October 2019 •English

After a Parkinson's diagnosis a classically trained pianist embarks on a path of self discovery leading him to a punk band. Their rebellious lifestyle and music provide a distraction to his troubles and a sharp contrast to his old life.

This Girl's Life

December 2004 •English

"Slice of life" take on life of international porn celebrity, Moon, and her musings on modern life, love and loss.

There once was a man

September 2023 •Spanish

Joan is a middle-aged man who, after a series of symptoms, discovers he has Parkinson's disease. Tremors in his hands and a sense of loss of control take over the protagonist. Over time, the tremors become more frequent and intense. In “Había una vez un hombre” we follow Joan on an emotional journey as he struggles to come to terms with her new reality and faces the physical and emotional challenges that the disease brings.

Buddy Joe

July 2017 •French

Sometimes I Suddenly Think of You

April 2025 •German

A family trip with boyfriend and child to the stormy island of Hallig Hooge turns into a nerve-wracking confrontation with her role as wife and mother for 35-year-old Lilith.

After Last Season

June 2009 •English

Two neurology students create a telepathy experiment together to visualize a murderer, who recently knifed another student.

Never Steady, Never Still

September 2017 •English

A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.

Saving Milly

March 2005 •English

True story based on the best-selling book by Mort Kondracke.

Run Uje Run

December 2020 •Swedish

Uje, a pop star in the 1990s, gets diagnosed with Parkinson's. This is a film about his everyday struggles.

Wavering

November 2019 •English

As her Parkinson's disease intensifies, a National Parks Ranger struggles to accept her new limitations.

Late Night

January 2019 •English

A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and generation are united by their love of a biting punchline.

Dopamina

December 2019 •Spanish

Ricardo, Natalia's father, suffers from Parkinson's disease; in that condition he stopped producing Dopamine. Surviving a very strong family crisis, Natalia told them her sexual orientation. She does not understand why after being left-wing militants and fighting for equality and freedom, they could not accept her choice.

Me To Play

February 2021 •English

As their bodies give way to Parkinson's disease, two New York actors put their hearts into one final Off-Broadway production of Beckett's "Endgame," the play that posits, "there's nothing funnier than unhappiness."

The Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's Disease

December 2017 •English

The story of a remarkable Scottish woman who can smell Parkinson's Disease

Together

December 2019 •Dutch

When producer Kees Rijninks, the husband of filmmaker Carmen Cobos, is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, their world is falling apart. Yet after months of sadness, anger and denial, it appears that they have sufficient resilience to find a new balance in their lives. In TOGETHER they follow for a year a group of incurably ill patients, their partners and their neurologist to find an answer to the question how people deal with the knowledge that they are incurably ill. Do they find the resilience to give their lives a positive meaning in hopeless circumstances?

The Faces of Parkinson

June 2022 •Dutch

The Faces of Parkinson shows the people who suffer from Parkinson's disease and the impact it made on their life and people around and close to them. As it also asks the question how one continues to stay positive with such a destructive disease.

Capturing Grace

February 2015 •English

It seems like two disparate realms. One occupied by some of the most acclaimed dancers in the world, people who move for a living. The other occupied by people who often struggle to move, people who have Parkinson's disease. This is the story of what happens when those worlds intersect. We followed individuals with Parkinson's as they prepared to stage a first ever dance performance, under the tutelage of two long time dancers at the Mark Morris Dance Group. It's a story about determination, adversity, contending with doubt, the transformative power of art and the strength of the human spirit. This is the story of a remarkable community of dancers who have come together to rediscover the meaning of grace.

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

January 2023 •English

A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?

Together alone

April 2024 •Dutch

Kees suffers from Parkinson's disease. This puts pressure on his relationship with his beloved Carmen. If a cure is not forthcoming, an almost inhuman, devilish dilemma presents itself.

Zurita, You Will See Not to See

October 2018 •Spanish

An account of the experiences by poet and National Literature Award laureate Raúl Zurita, during his travels and his daily life, as he reflects on topics such as state terrorism and death