Mourning Movies

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln's youngest son is laid to rest. That night, Lincoln visits his son's crypt, a chorus of ghosts narrating their brief reunion....

A man struggling with grief sets off across California on a solo motorcycle trip.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.

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

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

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

Erick travels with his father to the beach after the death of his mother; in that place he will find a sea shell, through which he will hear her voice...

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 entire...

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 exile,...

A boy is tragically killed in a car accident. Will his father transform into a vengeful monster, or a forgiving wise man?

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 th...

Just after Isidore moves to France to study filmmaking, his best friend dies back in the US. Through documentary, performance, and animation, a ghostl...