Mourning Movies

Families from across the U.S. discuss how they cope with loss and address common misconceptions about grief. Through candid personal stories and...

Five family depictions, five disrupted balances. An anthology which broach subjects such as mourning, family toxicity, the lack of parents/children...

After the loss of his daughter, Jurek, together with his father-in-law Ben, decides to perform the Chinese minghun ritual.

Two girls memorialize their friend.

Ariane's grandmother often visits her in her dreams. Together, they wander through unknown nocturnal landscapes. In this dreamlike short film, where...

In an alternative Quebec, private clinics offer partial brainwashing treatment to remedy post-traumatic shock. Charlotte Roy, a young woman who lost...

Tal finds the mobile phone of her older sister who died 6 months ago. She starts dialing the last numbers on the phone's memory, trying to piece...

Following the death of her estranged grandmother, a young girl witnesses the long-repressed hatred and pain within her family. Once they all gather...

In the early 20th century, Lazar -a taciturn woodsman- asks the disenchanted portraitist Arkadi to immortalize his child. The execution of this...

The Karate Man honors his recently deceased Sensei through a tribute video he created dedicated to his Sensei's legacy.

When the grieving student Patricia finally wanted to contact her deceased grandmother via the Ouija board at the scene of the accident, an uninvited...

The 43rd edition screens Neighbors, with five segments about the theme “neighbors”: not only about physical proximity, but also about...

Two men attempt to comfort their grieving friend in different ways

It is the end of a meal. Eight people are gathered around a big table. They evoke the memory of a lost friend. Through the stories of each about the...

Enrique is a 30-year-old man who travels next to Marcos, his younger brother to a key lake of his childhood to throw away the ashes of his father....

Rob Krikke (33) has Down’s syndrome and is an actor with a theatre company. Since his sister died in an accident, that event won’t let go...

A young woman crosses a confined provincial town and its outskirts. Once at her destination, a strange mourning protocol awaits her.

After her suicide, Rona's friends have one last night out with her in order to mourn. They play games and drink to her memory. Soon enough, the truth...

Ana, a 7 year old girl, tries to understand and be a part her grandfathers funeral despite her mothers efforts to keep her away.