Dementia Movies

Case study documenting a patient’s treatment for paranoid schizophrenia. Made for health professionals, Mental Hospital shows daily life at the...

A theatre monologue in which a son visits his mother who suffers from Alzheimer's. While the son is talking to his mother's empty bed, the actor...

An 85-year old woman suffers from dementia. She dreams.

A poignant, sometimes sad, sometimes painful, sometimes humorous, often absurd story of a multiple journey: the journey of loss as the...

A young man hears a piano melody for days and begins to experience an old man's loop

Unconditional: A Journey of Selfless Love explores the love, care, and sacrifices family caregivers give to their loved ones and the many loving...

Follows a famous artist with dementia’s surreal encounter with death.

Having lost her memory, A. could barely recall glimpses of her childhood in Argentina. After her death, her son visits the empty house for the last...

Adela is a single mother, hardworking and humble. While she works, her mother takes care of her son. Immersed in her obligations that don't allow her...

Seven strangers are interviewed to talk about the relationship they have with their mother.

Australian artist Leon Pericles faces his greatest challenge: holding an exhibition of his life's works while facing the mental decline of his wife...

Jason van Genderen makes home videos about his ageing mother ‘Oma’, and accidentally turns her into an internet sensation.

The pensioner Mr. Kummer is desperate to attend a Christmas party of his estranged family, who have invited him by surprise. A story about the loss...

A short film about living with someone suffering with dementia through the eyes of their carer.

Juan, a seventy-year-old man with senile dementia, shares a room with Manuel, a young sparrow.

Struggling with the impacts of his wife's illness of dementia, Charlie finds himself experiencing the void his wife's illness has created and finds...

A captivating short film about dementia and the struggles of being a young carer.

Short animation by Takahiro Shibata

What’s it like to age with early-phase vascular dementia? And how about your loved ones? Successful author Heleen van Royen has taken on caring...