Love Till 120 - Lessons of Love and Life
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A 90-minute documentary by Sharon Ryba-Kahn. Produced by Daroma Productions and Heimathafen Film & Media GmbH. Crowdfunding campaign by TIME PRINTS.
At a beautiful senior residence, three remarkable women, Mado (90), Dola (95), and Thea (99) navigate the challenges of aging, whilst we dive into their past. What did love and life teach them having having survived the worst?
Funding period
7/1/24 -
9/15/24
Realisation
June 2024 - March 2025
Funding goal: 20,000 €
Post production costs:
editing, music composition, sound design, color grading, sound mix, subtitles, DCP creation, festival distribution
Depending on how much donations we receive we will know the final budget that we have for each department.
City
Hamburg
Category
Movie / Video
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What is this project all about?
"Love Till 120" is a cinematic journey that constantly moves between the memories of the three protagonists Thea (99), Dola (95), Mado (90) and the current struggles in their present lives. As Thea, Dola and Mado go about their daily lives or look back on stories from their past, we watch them with a loving and sensual eye. As we delve into the past of the three women, we slowly move from one life-shaping part to the next. The beautifully depicted photographs support our imagination. As the cinematic journey unfolds, the young women in the photographs merge with the older women on screen. We learn how they lived, loved and survived. One of these pieces and a common denominator between the three is that they are all survivors of the Holocaust. We follow Dola’s relationship with her husband Avraham. Indeed Dola's freedom depends on Avraham being well-cared for. But what happens if he deteriorates? In Mado's case, it is her adaptation as a new resident in a new country while Thea struggles with her desire to be active even if her body strikes due to her age. We go back and forth between the past and present, from one woman to another. And inevitably we feel a depressing sense of time creeping up on us: What will happen to them? And finally, what is the meaning of love at that age? As we move from one life story to the next, wondering who we will be, when and if we reach their age.
What is the project goal and who is the project for?
The first aim is to get enough funds to finish the film, as quickly as possible. The main audience of this film is women of all ages because they are the first concerned with being discriminated against because of their age. Intellectually we all understand that one day we will be old, but do we really? Most of us push that thought very far away until reality catches up with us. By experiencing these women and their lives in a very intimate manner, each person gets an opportunity to ask themselves, who they want to be when they are old. Of course, the specificity of these three women is that they are all Holocaust survivors, which corresponds to our niche audience. But, I profoundly hope that you can see the universality of this film.
Why would you support this project?
You should support us if these themes resonate with you, if you believe the topics are important, if you believe this is an important film that can be an educational tool. But you can also support us because everyone involved is a highly qualified film professional, committed to making this film for seven years. The entire team has invested their time and money because they believed in the project, and we can only hope you will do the same.
If you are part of an NGO that deals with one of the issues we speak of in the film. The concept of the educational license may be a good fit for you. You will receive a contract in which we explain the rights you have acquired by supporting us. We hope to promote education in schools and universities by widening the understanding and the experience of Shoah survivors through our protagonists in the film. We also believe the film can help fight ageism.
How will we use the money if the project is successfully funded?
For what we need the money
(once we have finished the campaign we will distribute the funds in the various departments, depending on the urgency. A normal postproduction process costs about 85.000€.)
- editing
- sound design
- color correction
- music composition
- creating subtitles (incl. translations)
- creating the master files for distribution
- festival distribution & marketing
Who are the people behind the project?
Sharon Ryba-Kahn
Director/Author/Producer
The director studied in Paris, New York and Berlin, acting, film producing and directing. Her first documentary “Recognition“ came out in 2015. Sharon studied at the Film University Konrad Wolf in Babelsberg documentary film directing. She began working on "Love Till 120" right as she was accepted at film university. Sharon has been selected as one of the three mentees in the forecast platform with "Love Till 120".
Her feature documentary “Displaced“ which was her graduation film had its world premiere in 2020 and was screened worldwide. Since then Sharon has been developing multiple projects such as “Forbidden Dance”, for she was awarded a prestigious development grant from the German Film Board and was accepted at the documentary campus master school, she is a PhD Student and a Podcaster.
Heimathafen Film & Media GmbH
Heimathafen Film has been operating successfully in the market as an independent film production company based in Hamburg since 2014. With our network of German and international creatives and production partners, we work on the shared vision of developing and producing exceptional films and series for a global audience in a spirit of partnership. We work with established distribution companies, TV broadcasters, streaming platforms, publishing houses, media agencies and global distributors. Our films have been nominated for the European Film Awards, screened at over 100 international festivals and won numerous prizes at A-list festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Sofia and many more. As a member of the Producers Association and the German-French Film Academy, we are committed to the future of German and European cinema.
Founded in 2010 by producers Elad Peleg & Haggai Arad, Daroma Productions is an award-winning film production company that aims to create outstanding Israeli cinema. In the last few years, our company expanded from a dynamic duo to a collaborative team that includes Aharon Peer as a partner, Hadar Kostizky as a producer, and a distribution department led by Liana Mimran Osadon. Having produced more than 30 narrative and documentary projects for film and TV, our work has been seen across the globe, premiering at prestigious festivals, gracing various channels, and earning accolades such as the Ophir Award (Israeli Oscar) and the Israeli Documentary Forum Awards.
TIME PRINTS
TIME PRINTS is an independent film production company based in Berlin. Since 2005 TIME PRINTS has produced more than 15 high-quality documentary films, which were successfully screened on TV and at film festivals both in Germany and internationally. Festival screenings have included the Prix Europa (largest tri-medial festival in Europe), Watch Docs Film Festival in Poland (one of the best-known Human Rights Film Festivals in the world) and the renowned DOK Leipzig Festival.
In addition, TIME PRINTS produces all cinematic formats that can support non-profit organizations in their work. These include numerous campaign films, animations, educational films, image films and social media clips with viral impact. Our strength lies in focusing on the personal aspects of the interviewees to convey even complex and scientific content understandably through an emotional connection with the viewer.
The social added value of our work is particularly important to us, as is working with people whose work and projects we value. This has resulted in many long-standing partnerships that make us very happy and encourage us in our work.
Additional Support
The film was also supported by:
- MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein ()
- Stiftung Zurückgeben ()
- Szloma-Albam-Stiftung ()
- Ursula Lachnit-Fixson Stiftung ()
Team von "Love Till 120 - Lessons of Love and Life"
Denis (co-founder of Startnext)
