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shareFrom suicide to miscarriages–and everything in-between–the subjects in this collection of narrative short films strive to reamin intact when faced with the loss of a loved one.
In this program
Past Prologue
Directed by Brian Russell
Interracial couple Robert and Claudette reconnect after 60 years. A chance encounter in a coffee shop decades after they first met takes them on an emotional journey through their past, and leads to a discovery of long-buried feelings.
Reverb
Directed by Liv Boren
12-year-old Vivienne sneaks into her first concert with the help of her older brother. But a sudden on-stage tragedy shocks her to her core, awakening intolerable feelings she’s struggled to suppress since the death of her mother. REVERB explores trauma, grief, and the power of love, punctuated by the beating heart of British punk-rock.
After Death
Directed by Gavin Jennings Harwell
A father tidies up an unfinished life after the death of his son.
The Cerulean Sea
Directed by Unai Leza
On the night of their anniversary, a blind man hires a sex-assistant to impersonate his late wife. But upon hearing his guest’s voice, he shows a growing interest in the unknown woman and begins to picture her in his imagination.
Coda
Directed by Joshua Elias Palmer
Moments from the last days of an elderly mother. It weighs heavily on her son as he serves as caretaker.
The last Paper
Directed by Romain Gierenz
While couple Zoé and Ben are staying in a hotel in Paris, their sleep is disturbed by a rustling noise from the next room. At first they think it’s a mouse that’s up to mischief in a paper bag, but they quickly notice that the paper bag itself is making noise and seems to be breathing. Ben tries to be logical about it, but Zoé’s emotions suggest that the bag found its way into her life for a very different reason.
Ma Lina
Directed by Ydalie Turk
MA LINA is a drama about grief and the complicated relationship dynamics between two young girls and a domestic worker, in post-apartheid South Africa.
Good Grief
Directed by Robert Sharp
Four mothers experience the agony of child loss in a film that highlights the importance of grief.
