Mourning Movies

A dystopian, post-modern retelling of the Easter story.

Two sisters confront the shadows of their past following Agda's death. As they return home, lingering secrets ignite tension, especially for Isis,...

A teenage girl, Jessica, looks back on the stories her mother told through her movies and her own memories of her mother. This film is animated...

A mentally-handicapped young man, a sex-obsessed tortured artist, and their responsible but somewhat prideful brother are all grief-stricken in the...

A gay man returns home to mourn the death of his lover. However, since he's never come out to his family, they're unable to help as they're unaware...

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

Sam, a recovering alcoholic, feels dissatisfied with his life of sobriety and goes back in search of the good times he enjoyed with his wino friends...

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

After the death of his daughter, A guy gets depressed and burned out. But things get out of hand when his boyfriend tries to fix him.

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...

A documentary that explores how seven remarkable people embrace their pain, learn to live with their loss, and now engage in life with more...

Fleeing from the image of his boyfriend who recently committed suicide, Leo arrives in England in order to descend into anonymity. Yet even here his...

A young woman mourning the loss of a loved one battles to escape her existential nightmare.

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

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

A story about the special relationship between Jaana and her daughter Liisa who died in a traffic accident at the age of 16.

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....

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman attempts to reconnect to her late love through the piano.