In a future world where senior citizens are banished from society, a rebellious matriarch instead embarks on a fantastic Amazon adventure. Gabriel Mascaro’s film is an ode to life and freedom with no age restrictions.
Festival Programme
Films — by Genre
- Actors and Theatre
- Animation
- Art
- Based on Books
- Cannes
- Comedy
- Coming of Age
- Documentary
- Education
- Family Ties
- Fantasy
- Films about Films
- Historical
- Human Rights
- LGBTQIA+
- Love Stories
- Music
- Māori/Pacific
- Politics
- Rural Life
- Sci-Fi
- Seniors
- Sex and Sexuality
- Style
- Thriller
- Travel
- War Zones
- Women Make Movies
- Writers
Seniors
War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us
Seven women reflect on the emotional cataclysm of World War II in Dame Gaylene Preston’s landmark contribution to the collective memory of Aotearoa, which has lost none of its raw power on its 30th anniversary.