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By 2036, one in three people in Japan will be over the age of 65. While the nation wrestles with a shrinking labour force, the Robot Revolution Initiative was launched to expand robotics into every corner of Japanese economy and society. Circuits of Care follows anthropologist David Prendergast as he meets researchers developing and testing assistive technologies for older adults. From cybernetic walking supports to companion robots and automated sensor networks in nursing homes, older adults...

A lighthouse keeper prepares for his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect the elf within. Hulda and Trausti have shared a roof on Icelandic shores for over seventy years. Her love of books is matched by his love of stones. When he bursts out singing, she begs him to stop screaming. When he tells her he wants to change his name to "Elf", she warns that his family will abandon him. Now, as Trausti’s hundredth birthday approaches and he senses the hand of death upon him he is on a quest to...

On August 22, 1960, Heinz Stücke left Hövelhof (Germany) with his bike and a tent. He was 20 years old. He said goodbye to his family and friends and never came back. He had chosen a nomadic life that he wouldn’t leave anymore. 36 years later, in 1996, he had already traveled all over the world and was recognized as the man who’s traveled more in history. The selling of his photos and brochures helped him to survive in an austere way of life. Now, he is 72 years old and stops for the...

Maria is 93 years old and lives alone in her small flat, where time seems to have stopped 50 years ago. Her only contact with the outside world is the weekly call to her childhood friend. This is until she forgets her phone number forever, becoming even more isolated from the...

On Easter Sunday, Plínio, a retired carpenter, waits for his family's visit, but they don't show up. Anselmo, the gardener of the home he lives in, offers him a lift home. Plinio revisits along the way his memories of the neighborhood where he was born and raised, but when he gets there, a surprise puts his memories in...

Ubicada en una remota isla portuguesa, "La cabeza y la mano" es un retrato contemplativo de dos señoras con discapacidades que pasaron décadas viviendo juntas y, a pesar de los desafíos que enfrentaron, encontraron alegría en su independencia y...