Mourning Ritual Movies

College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and...

An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and...

“Gjama” is a rarely practiced mourning ritual that was performed by Albanian men throughout the centuries. By shouting specific phrases...

A young woman crosses a confined provincial town and its outskirts. Once at her destination, a strange mourning protocol awaits her.

First chapter of a trilogy of short films about the emotions arising from the five stages of grief. Here, "Denial" and "Anger."

"SOME SUMMONINGS ARE HARD TO STOMACH." Driven to the edge by the loss of his cat, a desperate man turns to an occult ritual in the dead of night.

Second chapter of a trilogy of short films about the emotions arising from the five stages of grief. Here, "Bargaining."

After the loss of his daughter, Jurek, together with his father-in-law Ben, decides to perform the Chinese minghun ritual.

Meeting after many years, a makeup artist and her grandmother revisit tensions from an old family feud that still hangs heavy between them.

Damian, grieving his girlfriend's death, travels through Mexico seeking solace. Along the way, he connects with strangers and witnesses their coping...

An ant colony finds that the strange new food source they've discovered may be something more of a curse than a boon.

A queer and trans found family create a death ritual that weaves together the inextricable experiences of grief and eros, community and country.