As the first child, Ian struggles to achieve his dreams with his friends and works hard to meet all the expectations he has built, which makes him distant from his family. However, when a major event causes him to lose his parents suddenly, Ian tries to stay strong and buries all his feelings until he becomes numb.
Isabelle Brodeur embarks on a journey to Vietnam, her adopted daughter’s birthplace. Throughout this stunningly beautiful journey, Isabelle discovers her daughter’s country through the eyes of the woman who brought her into this word.
Atrabilious follows Steven Joyner as he tries to solve the mystery behind his son's sudden, tragic and potentially fabricated death. He is led to the titular bar, Atrabilious, and begins to unravel the history of the establishment.
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
A grieving woman embarks on an unexpected road trip as she grapples with the pain of her recent loss and seeks to understand her place in the world.
A family grieves the death of their son while eating the child's birthday cake.
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
A desperate mother is trying to reconnect with her son. Navigating an obvious void, she will finally have the chance to ask the questions that have haunted her past, and will decide her future.
Impressions of a turbulent period in youth.
A short film shot on 16mm about memory, grieving, and siblinghood.
Brothers Gabriel and Antonio have spent the past few years stealing to survive. However, their lives begin to fall apart on one fateful night.
The Boyajian family learned of 18-year-old John's death in the Persian Gulf War on Christmas Eve eleven years earlier and have not celebrated Christmas since. They have been so consumed by his death that they have forgotten the joys of the holidays, until a mysterious visitor enters their lives and rekindles the spirit of the season.
mateus strives to feel closer to his mother and sister, whilst struggling to make sense of his eerie surroundings. he spends his day chasing after memories he keeps of them when they were happier, as he reminisces a time that they felt less distant. but as he remembers the past, he forgets to remember the present; and his journey of nostalgia leads him somewhere he would rather never go.
Dr. Burke Ryan is a successful self-help author and motivational speaker with a secret. While he helps thousands of people cope with tragedy and personal loss, he secretly is unable to overcome the death of his late wife. It's not until Burke meets a fiercely independent florist named Eloise that he is forced to face his past and overcome his demons.
A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.
Luisa and her sister Estela will play hide and seek during a particular night. They both have suffered an important loss in their family, the mourning and grief will be present inside their house all night long.
On the third anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of those affected gather at the cult's former base on the shores of a lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.
Reeling from his sister’s death, a NYC playwright searches for fulfillment in a sex-and-drug filled odyssey. When he’s reunited with a childhood love, their shared journey of self-discovery catalyzes a profound, existential awakening.
Overwhelmed by grief following the death of his wife, Donnelly shares a train carriage home with a troubled young man identified only as the 'Kid'. As the Kid becomes more agitated and foul-mouthed, the journey takes on a violent and dangerous hue – for the bereaved Donnelly and for other hapless passengers on the train. Academy Award Winner: Best Live Action Short Film – 2005
After losing his wife, a grieving man turns to a strange company promising to resurrect her, only to discover the terrifying consequences of meddling with the afterlife.