Carer Movies

'Give Them Wings' is based on the true story of severely disabled football fan Paul Hodgson.

After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home, elderly academic James Parkin goes to stay at a wintry out-of-season hotel which they used to visit together. But at night he seemingly becomes the victim of a ghostly revenge - but who is the avenger?

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as their roles are reversed.

An operatic short drama surrounding the connection forged over an afternoon between a young aged care worker and his new elderly client, Rosetta.

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

Dani cares for her ill mother who suddenly dies in her care. Shortly after her passing, Dani finds her mother's phone won't stop ringing.

Kinaara (Edge) tells the story of Adil, a carer to his elderly mother who has dementia. Sacrificing his own needs, he looks after her with little respite and spirals into despair.

Come What May documents the extraordinary life of Mary, a parent carer, and the challenges she has overcome to support herself and her family.

Njafweniko is a tender and tense short film about caring for a loved one suffering from mental health issues by First Acts filmmaker Emma Taonga Sayers. Through contemporary dance, Emma calls attention to how race interacts with perceptions of mental health.

Set in London’s underground club scene, reload follows Dee, torn between caring for her sick grandmother and chasing a long-shelved dream. When she skips a work shift to play a last-minute DJ set, the night becomes a test of self-belief, sisterhood and joy — and as the set takes a turn, she...