100UP – AGE IS JUST A NUMBER
Netherlands 2020 – Director: Heddy Honigmann – Original language: Dutch, English, Norwegian, Spanish – Subtitles: English – Length: 93 min.
A portrait of people aged over 100 from throughout the world. Over the course of a century, they have experienced great historic events and happy and sad times – and to this day they exude an infectious vitality.
We present the International Premiere of the film.
No youth rating
Heddy Honigmann
Born in Lima, the filmmaker left her native Peru in her early twenties. After stations in Mexico, Spain and Israel, she studied film at the renowned Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. When she moved to Amsterdam in 1978, she found a new home there, from which she made a film almost every year for over 40 years. Her works have won many awards. DOK.fest München dedicated the 2019 retrospective to her.
Filmography (selection)
BUDDY, NL 2018, 86 min.
OBLIVION, NL/DE 2008, 92 min.
FOREVER, NL 2006, 95 min.
THE UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA, NL/FR 1997, 108 min.
METAL AND MELANCHOLY, NL 1993, 80 min.
DOK.panorama
DOK.panorama shows innovative documentary films from all over the world mapping the diversity and current trends of documentary storytelling.
Supported by
Production: Dutch Mountain Film. Producer: Rogier Kramer. International Sales: CAT&Docs