LFF 2026
Still from As the Years Roll By

Shorts

As the Years Roll By

In reflecting on the past or embracing unexpected futures, time flows through people’s connection with others and the earth, in these shorts on life in the later years.
Runtime
97 min
More information
Official film page

Screenings

Agnes

  • Director-screenwriter

    Leah Vlemmiks

  • UK-Canada 2026. 11min

Under pressure from her adult daughter to move and become a live-in babysitter, Agnes finds agency in an unexpected place.

Listen

  • Director

    Taliesin Black-Brown

  • USA 2026. 15min

As his mother slips away as a result of dementia, an Alaskan sound recordist listens for what remains.

Geronto

  • Director

    Mark Pluck

  • Screenwriter

    Christopher Sherwood

  • UK 2026. 18min

Late one night, Younger, a man in his 20s, meets Older, a man in his 60s, at a discreet London pub.

All Change

  • Director-screenwriter

    Lena Molander

  • UK 2025. 3min

While talking on a train journey, two men admit to regrets over their friendship.

In the Morning Sun

  • Director-screenwriter

    Serville Poblete

  • Philippines-Canada 2026. 21min

A gentle portrait of aging, migration and memory, inspired by the filmmaker’s desire to preserve the warmth of his parents.

A Grief Encounter

  • Director-screenwriter

    James Ashley McLaren

  • Australia 2026. 12min

A struggling taxidermy artist’s flirtation with a customer takes an interesting turn.

Untitled Woman

  • Director

    Camille Summers-Valli

  • Screenwriters

    Rosemarie Vind, Camille Summers-Valli

  • UK 2026. 17min

Dawn is invisible to those around her in a world that favours youth, until she fights back.

Content warning

Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury.