Movies: Mourning

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 absentee, the character traits, the haabits or the expressions, a portrait in hollow is outlined....

Due to the sudden death of his grandfather, Nejat (8) arrives at a funeral home for the first time in his life. As soon as they arrive, he is left all alone by his devastated mourning parents. Nejat gets so confused in this chaotic environment, espec...

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

Teo’s dream of dancing with Mia in the school competition seems hopeless…until he meets Ro, a funny bird-like creature with wondrous abilities, lost in the city. Ro’s friendship will help the wayward boy find his feet, but it will take more than danc...

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Joanna returns to her native village for her father's funeral. Later that night, a brawl breaks out in the family - the woman decides to fulfill her father's dream of a secular burial, which her mother categorically refuses to do. Joanna, in order to...

A memorial mourns as time passes...

A boy kills his friend and is haunted by the memory of him, until one day......

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

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 begins to unravel......

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

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After the suicide of her best friend, Sybille develops a unique eating disorder: a passion for increasingly solid and less edible foods....

Families from across the U.S. discuss how they cope with loss and address common misconceptions about grief. Through candid personal stories and conversations with experts in the grief field, the film also presents ideas for how family and friends ca...

A widow keeps her husband's memory alive through daily, silent gestures, until longing and love lead her to meet him again, in an ending where reality and affection merge....

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Barbara is a professional clown, as is her partner Heli. The two children call them a "clown family". Barbara believes in failure and in making fun of what doesn't work. In the ability to turn things around and see the positive in the negative. But B...

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

Suffering the loss of someone we love can be the most difficult thing in life to deal with. One moment we have them and the next they're gone. What are we supposed to do? How are we supposed to feel? The truth is, there's no certain way we're "suppos...

Two sisters confront the shadows of their past following Agda's death. As they return home, lingering secrets ignite tension, especially for Isis, who believes the light may bridge her connection to Agda's spirit...