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Winner of the Audience's Golden Calf Documentary
Teun Toebes is 25, extremely healthy and has been living with people with dementia in the closed ward of an assisted living facility for years. Why?
Teun is 25, but not all his life.... Now what he wants, what he feels and what he thinks is still being listened to. Now Teun is still free to be who he is and go where he wants. But the chance that this will no longer be the case in the future is 1 in 5. That is why Teun is now searching for answers for later.
Teun Toebes has a mission: the quality of life...
Winner of the Audience's Golden Calf Documentary
Teun Toebes is 25, extremely healthy and has been living with people with dementia in the closed ward of an assisted living facility for years. Why?
Teun is 25, but not all his life.... Now what he wants, what he feels and what he thinks is still being listened to. Now Teun is still free to be who he is and go where he wants. But the chance that this will no longer be the case in the future is 1 in 5. That is why Teun is now searching for answers for later.
Teun Toebes has a mission: to improve the quality of life of people with dementia. During a trip around the world, he and his good friend and filmmaker Jonathan de Jong are investigating how dementia is dealt with in other countries and what we can learn from each other to improve the future. With the number of people with dementia doubling in the next 20 years (by 2040: 81 million people worldwide), this quest is not a question, but a necessity.
Free follow-up talk by Marianne Merkx of LEF guidance on life questions
Marianne counsels people with questions of life, meaning, life events and dilemmas. Both for people at home and in care and welfare.
The film has won awards at international film festivals:
- Winner Best Documentary, RIFF (India) - Winner Best Director, RIFF (India) - Winner Best Cinematographer, 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival (Indonesia) - Nominee Best Documentary film, 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival (Indonesia) - Winner Honorable Mention Best Feature Documentary, Kosice International Film Festival (Slovakia) - Official Selection Best Documentary, Rising Sun International Film Festival (Japan) - Official Selection Best Documentary, BARCIFF (SPAIN) - Official Selection Best Documentary, HEFFI (FINLAND) - Official Selection Best Documentary, SILKROAD International Film Festival (Ireland)
when
- Tuesday, November 12, 2024 7:45 - 9:10 p.m.
