Please note, this is an archive of the 2023 Film Festival. To see LFFoA's 2025 Festival Site click HERE.
Welcome Film Lovers:
As Benjamin Franklin noted “All would live long, None would be old.” Through the artistry of our filmmakers and your viewing participation, we want to change that concept to an exploration of how to grow older meaningfully, not fearfully.
We are delighted to present ten days of shorts and full-length films—mostly documentaries—from around the world, showcasing the fullness of growing older—a process both profound and challenging.
Our mission remains unchanged from our beginnings in 2011: Present an annual film festival that inspires, entertains and educates intergenerational audiences about the variety of later life experiences—the triumphs and the challenges. Following many of the individual films, we’ve added brief pre-recorded interviews of the filmmakers and/or key personnel.
The Festival is brought to you through the passion and tireless labor of the following folks:
Sheila Malkind — Executive Director, Founder
The Film Programming Team: Arlene Reiff, Film Curator & Sally Gelardin
Grant Writer: Sadie Harmon
The LFFoA Board: Arlene Reiff, Sally Gelardin, Sadie Harmon
And thanks to our Film Reviewers: Obo Help, Jane Logan, Barbara Aspelin, David Kaskowitz, Susan Kahn,
Elaine Herscher, Miriam Goodman, Lynn Winter Gross.
Thanks to our Filmmaker interviewers: Sally Gelardin, Sheila Malkind, Arlene Reiff, Edith Kaplan, David Perper.
And thanks to our interviewees: Dana Frankoff, Jerry Ross Barrish, Robert Davidson, Charles Wilkinson, Barbara Schock, Claire Panke, Daniel Gamburg, Daniel Raim, Jeremiah Hayes, Sian-Pierre Regis, Rebecca Danigelis, Gordon Quinn, Leslie Simmer, Lyn Goldfarb, Terrence Butler
Technical Help: David Malkind
Festival Design: Jason Luz
And Many Many Thanks to all our Filmmakers for their inimitable vision!
And Thanks to all our generous Sponsors:
And a generous gift from the
And thanks to our Media Partners:
And Thank You to all our Individual Donors.
To view our Sponsorship Opportunities click HERE.
