Author: susan gluth

Wenn Toskana Auswanderer älter werden

WATCH THE FILM arte SYNOPSIS Wolfgang has been living in a medieval mountain village in Tuscany since 2007, while his compatriot Roman emigrated to Italy back in 1979. Both are well integrated. Now that old age and its many challenges are taking their toll on everyday life, their thoughts increasingly revolve around the final stage of life. But their hilly new home, far away from their families, is proving tricky in old age. What will happen when the reality of aging strikes, even in paradise? --- Wolfgang lebt seit 2007 in einem mittelalterlichen Bergdorf in der Toskana, sein Landsmann Roman ist bereits 1979 nach Italien ausgewandert. Beide sind bestens integriert. Nun, wo das Alter mit seinen vielfältigen Herausforderungen am Alltag nagt, kreisen ihre Gedanken häufiger um den letzten Lebensabschnitt. Aber die hügelige neue Heimat fernab der Familie zeigt im Alter seine Tücken. Wie geht es weiter, wenn die Realität des Älterwerdens auch im Paradies zuschlägt? TEAM PHOTOGRAPHED, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY  Susan Gluth   EDITED AND PRODUCED BY  Frank Müller PRODUCTION COMPANY  Doppelplusultra GmbH PRESS ART …

Never Forget! (working title)

LOGLINE According to the UNHCR, 100,000,000 people are currently displaced worldwide. The causes are manifold and, viewed globally, they repeat themselves. NEVER FORGET! is a serial, documentary-animated film project that wants to give refuge a face, to remind, to shake up and to give courage. In the individual episodes, refugees show how they manage not to remain in the role of victims in their new country and to lead a good life. Development support by Robin Swicord & Women's Writing Lab, Munich Animation & Graphic Design by Agnieszka Kruczek, Berlin

Very Senior – Attitude is everything (Gestorben wird Morgen)

OFFICIAL TRAILER Vimeo FILM WEBSITES very-senior-film.com/en/ gestorben-wird-morgen.de IMDB WATCH THE MOVIE Vimeo Amazon Filmfriend Eduflat / educational purposes SYNOPSIS There is a place in Arizona that is so peaceful that people go there to die: a retirement community in the middle of the desert, especially designed for senior citizens, with palm trees and bungalows, blue skies, red sunsets, an abundance of pharmacies and extra-wide streets for a comfortable ride in your golf cart! Seen from Europe, Sun City seems like a utopian vision: a town designed on the drawing board that looks like some extra-terrestrial apparition. And yet, since 1963 it has been routine and everyday reality. Fun! Fun! Fun! The bright lights flash: there is a punk band in the garage and a tap dance revue on the stage. The old punks call themselves “One Foot in the Grave” and the tap dancers radiate revue charm with undisguised pleasure in what they are doing instead of a perfect figure and blemish-free skin. Aging is a condition where “aches and pains are part of the …