Florian Baxmeyer (director) and Thorsten Näter (writer)

76-year-old Katharina, who lives in Hamburg, decides to travel to Zurich to take her own life with the help of an assisted suicide organisation. Her daughter, Heike, tries to prevent this through court proceedings, where she argues that her mother lacks the mental capacity to make this decision. But Katharina is able to convince the judge of her mental competence and ends up travelling to Zurich.

Manuela Dias (writer), José Luiz Villamarim (director)

Crossing the street to meet her husband Maurício, in front of the theatre where she stars as dancer, Beatriz is struck by a hit-and-run driver and left tetraplegic. She asks Maurício to help her end her life; he complies and is sent to jail for 7 years. This is a main storyline in ‘Justiça’, a TV series that reignited the debate on assisted death in Brazil, where the practice is illegal.