Trying to meet life’s challenges with a sense of grace and self-compassion. Program contains 7 films including a pre-recorded Filmmaker Interview. Total Running Time: 1 hr. 28 min.To view more information on all the films in the Festival click <a href="https://legacyfilmfestivalonaging2026.eventive.org/films" target="_blank" class="ql-size-large" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">HERE.</a>

Uggi and Kiddi are bachelors pushing seventy whose routine small-town life together resembles a marriage. Everyday they do Müller’s exercises, soak in the hot tub, then work side by side baiting squid for Icelandic long-line fishing boats. One morning they arrive at the pool and find Rosa, a buxom and beautiful woman their own age, soaking serenely in their hot tub. Kiddi invites Rosa to Uggi’s upcoming birthday party and their friendship is thrown into peril.

Chum (Hjonabandssaela)

A pair of older bachelors in an Iceland fishing town find their friendship in peril over a love interest.

A group of men of different ages come together to confront the stigma of men crying.

Tears of Men

Arthur (Bruce Davison), a man of a determined intellect has been diagnosed with a form of dementia that causes vivid, persistent and detailed hallucinations of the love of his life—his dead wife, Mae. Arthur decides he must re-visit the place where he and Mae first met, so embarks on a road trip to get there. Along the way Arthur meets A.J., a young man on his own personal road trip of self-discovery. The two form an awkward and sometimes conflicting relationship as they travel together.

I Remember You

An older man on a road trip crosses paths with a younger man on his own journey of self-discovery.

Sadie's grief-fuelled knitting obsession transforms her suburban world until there is just one thing left to knit.

Knit One

A woman deals with her grief through knitting.

After being married for 62 years, Frank and Teri Barone are still very much in love. We wanted in on their secret of how they keep it real so we asked...and this is what they said.

Marriage

An older couple share their secret to a long happy marriage.

Tai Chi Chuan often looks perfect and unattainable. Herb’s Tai Chi class is different. Class members, some of whom have Parkinson's and other challenges, are guided toward their own goals by the gentle force of this unconventional teacher. Watching this film brings the calm of doing Tai Chi.

Grasping The Bird's Tail

A Tai Chi class that includes members with Parkinson's.

"A highly significant film for our times dealing...with an individual's search for autonomy." — Studs Terkel, author of "Working" ﻿A much-loved film about a remarkable couple. During the Great Depression Helen and Scott Nearing quit city life and moved to Vermont. He was a brilliant economist, she a concert violinist. Together they made Forest Farm synonymous with the ideal homestead. In the noble tradition of Thoreau, Scott was an influential figure in American life for nearly 70 years. Scott died in 1983 shortly after his 100th birthday, Helen lived into her 90's.Filmed in 1976 when Helen was 74 and Scott 93, the Nearings are seen still growing their own food, cutting firewood for fuel, and putting the finishing touches on a large stone home built by hand. Through their books, public appearances, and by the example of their lives, the Nearings remain an inspiration.

Living the Good Life with Helen and Scott Nearing

A portrait of the daily life of America's most famous back-to-the-landers.

GRACE & COMPASSION

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The Legacy Film Festival on Aging celebrates the aging process as profound, often challenging, & always courageous. Will we age “gracefully”, crankily, painfully, defiantly? We portray this unique, ever-changing experience honestly, artfully, always with compassion and love for their subjects.

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