Mourning Movies

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

When his mother dies, Zino decides to look for his father, Farid. But twenty-five years ago, Farid became Lola.

Two sisters fall in love with the same man. After the wedding, the new husband realizes he may have married the wrong sister.

In this animated short, a terrible curse deprives Balthasar's kingdom of its stories. Taking the unicorn's horn back into The Belly of the Earth is...

A struggling but capable teenager works through his increasingly odd responsibilities on a family farm.

In this thought-provoking film, director Paul Perry uses recent research into near-death experiences to answer the question that's plagued humans...

A young widower sidesteps grief, loss, and familial dysfunction when he steals his wife's ashes and sets off on an impulsive odyssey through...

Lonnie and Rick seem to be complete opposites, at first glance. A survivor of suicide, Lonnie is introverted and ill at ease around her parents, Lois...

Two strangers visit the penthouse of a recently deceased lover, only to find themselves learning more about each other.

Satsuki lost her boyfriend, Hitoshi, in a car accident. Unable to face up to his death, she spends her days unable to sleep properly. At some point,...

A gender-reversed, modern adaptation of the Greek myth Pygmalion. This time, instead of the sculptor who has sworn off marriage in his hatred of...

Until now, they have stood on the sidelines. They have not appeared before the cameras. They have not taken part in public discussion. It is mainly...

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

Having just lost her mother, Anna finds herself facing a nightmarish situation...a fur monster appears in her home. She will have to live with this...

In present-day Queens, a Turkish gravedigger is unable to face a shattering truth and risks losing the dearest connection left in his life.

A man seeks absolution for his failures as a father by walking his son's ashes along the LA river to the sea. Based on the play by Murray Mednick.

Jake Groden is the black sheep of his family. Ankle deep in fish guts, he serves out his parole in Alaska. Then, after a decade of self-imposed...

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

24 year old actor Judy Pipkins has spent her days doing nothing for the last eight months - this is one of those days.

Rosa spends her days between working at the dry cleaning shop and reminiscing about her childhood with her mother. One day, she sees on television...