Dearest Ghost
A poetic journey through the inner world of a grieving filmmaker who tries to find solace in talking to her ghost. Different stages of grief are visually linked to seasonal changes in nature. The filmmaker finds reflections of her mindscape in the surrounding scenery and wildlife.
Date Nights
Date Nights immerses viewers in the profound love shared between Michael and Lynn, using the ritual of their weekly Sunday candlelit dinners to gradually unveil the poignant truth of Lynn's absence and Michael's journey through grief and loneliness.
Tidal
Former surfing champion, Hayden Brock, impulsively flies across the country after her father's sudden death, diving headfirst into her estranged uncle's peaceful life, late nights in the city, and a new intimate friendship.
Souls Day
On Souls Day, 70-year-old widow Marissa lovingly prepares a picnic, speaking to her late husband Ben as if he’s still by her side. At the park, she places flowers beneath the tree where they first met, tracing their initials carved into its trunk. Lost in memories and the tenderness of the day, Marissa leans back, her face softened by shadows, finding peace as she imagines reuniting with him in spirit.
Beautiful Something Left Behind
In New Jersey, the Good Grief community focuses on a holistic way of dealing with grief, where children can give in to rage in ‘the volcano room,' and say goodbye to a dying teddy bear patient in ‘the hospital room.' Over the course of a year, we follow the weekly meetings and get close to Kimmy, Nicky, Peter, Nora, Nolan, and Mikayla and their close companion: grief. It is sometimes heartbreaking, but also humorous, to experience the questions about life and death through their open and curious minds. Grief is high and heavy as a mountain, but it helps you understand what has happened, and that death is irreversible.
Rear View
To process the death of his wife, a grieving husband embarks on a road trip with his daughter to the place where it all began, the place where he and his wife fell in love.
Joelho Ralado
Joelho Ralado is a narrative about love and overcoming, where the protagonist Amanda travels to the city of Indaial, finding on the hiker's route an escape from her routine, and along with it, her greatest longing. The pain of mourning comes to the surface. In the silence, in the breaths and in the landscapes of Indaial, she revisits her childhood and new airs of hope are achieved.
Six Months Tomorrow
After losing their best friend, Lily, Kyle and Mary must learn to lean on each other through the grieving process.
Survived By
A newly orphaned kid dodging the foster care system spends a magical evening with a sock puppet hoping to unpack her complicated relationship with her father days after his death.
Within the Walls
After a month of hiding the truth, Sani, a single mother, must finally confront the death of her husband for the sake of her daughter, Mentari. As Mentari finishes her exams and longs to call her father, Sani struggles between protecting her and revealing reality. When the truth comes to light, mother and daughter must face their grief together and find a way to let go.
Traces of Grief
Shell-shocked Barbara must face up to the loss of a dear companion after a tragic accident. Her best friend Klara and husband Torsten devise a plan to thaw Barbara's heart, after she reminisces about the incident, the funeral, and happier times. Will she agree to the suggestions of her nearest and dearest? Can grief turn into hope?
Wither
A boy finds comfort in calling his best friend after a tragic accident.
5 Stages of Grief
Adnan is a guy who feels lost after his brother—his only family, died. He feels like he has no one left, even though his girlfriend, Gisel, is by his side. He begins to blame himself for his brother's death. The universe gives him a second chance to relive the times he spent with his brother. However, not everything goes according to plan.
Seer
Two ex-friends are drawn together by fate and return to the place that tore them apart years prior. Seer is a short film that draws on the ancient Scottish practice of ‘seeing,’ where visions of the future are revealed through a Seer’s Stone—a mysterious stone pierced by nature.
Tai Chi
A teenage girl dealing with the loss of her mother, navigating the five stages of grief, when suddenly her doppelganger appears. Throughout her journey of discovery, she not only confronts her own unresolved feelings but begins to understand the fragility of life. Through her encounters with the doppelganger — a reflection of her inner turmoil — she comes to terms with her mother's death and learns to accept her own mortality, finding peace in the inevitability of life's cycles.
Grief
A lonely tube sock abandoned in a laundromat struggles with grief while searching the streets of Los Angeles for his other half.
Let's Not Rot
Struggling to come to terms with her sister Leah’s death and her family’s refusal to talk about it, Phoebe takes matters into her own hands and seeks out Leah’s girlfriend, Ashika, to fill in the blanks. An intimate exploration of surviving and confronting the harsh reality of loss through the connecting tissue of remembering.