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On Queer Aging and Endings

What does it mean to grow old as yourself?

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Filmed in their home in Norway, this intimate documentary follows conversations between trans physician and queer-rights advocate Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad and their partner Elsa Almås. As Esben Esther lives with cancer, they reflect on queer aging, love and mortality, and what it means to face an uncertain future together.

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Released
Budget
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Language
Norwegian
  • dying and death
  • canada
  • aging
  • norway
  • love
  • grief
  • cancer
  • intimacy
  • thoughtful
  • mortality
  • long term relationship
  • reflective

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Behind the camera

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Canada, Norway

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York Shorts Awards; New York City14 Mar 2026
    • Theatrical (limited)Little Roxie, San Francisco7 Aug 2026
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival; BFI Southbank, London21 Mar 2026
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto Independent Film Festival; Paradise Theatre, Toronto11 Sept 2025
    • PremiereToronto Indie Shorts; Toronto1 Nov 2025
    • PremiereToronto Film Week; Innis Town Hall, Toronto15 Apr 2026
    • PremiereMuskoka Queer Film Festival; Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre, Bracebridge19 May 2026
    • PremiereCanadian Independent Film Festival; Casa d'Italia, Montreal24 May 2026
  • ArgentinaAR

    • PremiereOrchid Lesbian/Queer International Film Festival; Buenos Aires19 Dec 2025
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereInternational Indie Film and Screenplay Festival; Paris5 Jan 2026
    • PremiereCannes Independent Shorts; Cannes11 Apr 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin Indie Film Festival; Berlin3 Jun 2026
  • JapanJP

    • PremiereTokyo International Cinema Awards; Tokyo25 Nov 2025
    • PremiereTokyo Indie Shorts Fest; Tokyo28 Nov 2025
    • PremiereTokyo Film & Screenplay Awards; Tokyo11 Jun 2026
  • MexicoMX

    • PremiereFestival MIX México 2026, Mexico City, Mexico26 Jun 2026

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On Queer Aging and Endings was released on 7 August 2026.

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