Creativity & Connection Archives

Spring Chicken

Creativity & Connection, Everyday Loneliness, Older Adults, UnLonely Film Festival 6

Anny Junek, a 94-year-old Holocaust survivor, is the three-time champion of her Israeli retirement home’s annual Purim costume contest (a Smurf, a doctor, and a handyman).

Leftovers

Creativity & Connection, Honorable Mentions, Older Adults, UnLonely Film Festival 6

After taking over his family’s Chinatown restaurant, Steven and his pet fish must find a way to survive as a global pandemic sweeps New York City. 9:49 mins.

Wannabe

Award Winners, Best of Fest, Comedy, Creativity & Connection, Documentary, Older Adults, UnLonely Film Festival 6

A hilarious, heart warming docu-drama about a group of elderly women who form a Spice Girls tribute band to earn a quick buck when one friend can’t pay the bills. 11:12 minutes.

Partially Compensated

Creativity & Connection, Health Challenges, UnLonely Film Festival 6, Young Adults

Violet struggles to keep up in a school that doesn’t support her learning differences. After failing to hide, Violet learns to embrace her talents and work at her own pace. In so doing, she discovers there are advantages to thinking differently.