The film fol­lows the elec­tion jour­ney of trans­gen­der can­di­date Nayyab Ali, who con­test­ed the Nation­al Assem­bly seat from Okara, Punjab in the 2018 gen­er­al elec­tion in Pak­istan. The doc­u­men­tary evolves … read more

Mela Chi­raghan – A Few Rhymes is an annual cel­e­bra­tion com­mem­o­rat­ing the death anniver­sary of the Pun­jabi Sufi poet and saint Shah Hus­sain, who lived in Lahore in the 16th … read more

Mechthild, Volker, Chris­t­ian and Chris­tiane want fun above all. They are miss­ing humour in their fam­i­lies, spend hours on Face­book and can still add more sto­ries to 50 Shades of Grey. They are com­mit­ted to help­ing refugees, want to travel and are look­ing for the love of their lives. And they are reg­u­lars at the Ham­burg party scene “Fal­tenrock” for people of 60 years and older.

What does aging mean in an urban­ized soci­ety in which retirees play an active role? Are there behav­iour­al pat­terns that are appro­pri­ate for elders? And why should tablet boxes and crutch­es change one´s per­son­al­i­ty? “I´d like to be per­ceived as me and not as a grand­ma,” as Mechthild clarifies.

Or in the words of co-direc­tor Leonie Kock: “The con­fronta­tion with one’s own age is always also a con­fronta­tion with its images in society.”

Direc­tors, script, pro­duc­tion: Leonie Kock, Janina Rasch
Cin­e­matog­ra­phy: Leonie Kock, Kevin Lausen, Janina Rasch
Sound: Bela Brandes
Edit­ing: Robert Fal­ck­en­berg, Leonie Kock, Janina Rasch
Con­tact: faltenrock.film@gmail.com

Fahed wants to change his life. It’s been almost twenty years that he left Alge­ria. At the time he was full of hope when he arrived at the British sea­port … read more