Funeral Movies

In 2004 Sheldon Oberman, a Jewish storyteller from Winnipeg, passed away. At his funeral the presiding Rabbi said that Sheldon’s spirit was...

Balkan actuality.

During 2020, when the pandemic policy loosened, a violinist went back to hometown to meet his parents and his friends. A sudden accident happened,...

In fremder Erde (In Foreign Soil) documents the Muslim traditions of burial in Turkey and Germany, but above all, the paths the dead take to return...

Chapel of Rest is a dramatic comedy in which two young brothers are introduced to the ceremony of death while attending their grandfather's wake....

A woman attends the wake of a friend she knew as an infant.

This short film explores the relationship between a man and a woman in a funeral. After the event, the couple faces tensions due to the lack of...

An unknown man appears at a funeral. In front of the mourners, he gives a final greeting to the deceased.

When Alex dies suddenly in a car crash, her loved ones fall into grief. But they are not the only ones who suffer, as Alex's soul is forced to linger...

In the wake of their father's death, two siblings must decide if they will honor his eccentric final wish.

Two young friends, John and Paul, sell ecstasy to escape a rundown suburb under the guidance of a paranoid drug dealer, but the plan is complicated...

A professional mourner goes to what seems just another job when she begins to suspect that the deceased might be tied to her forgotten past.

Two brothers want to send off their late pet fish in their park's pond. The pair then find themselves stuck in the water, which leads to a discussion...

Ben and his girlfriend are catapulted into a bizarre, small town funeral for his uncle, Randy Todd. At the service, Ben is thrown to the wolves when...

Yamamoto Senji fought against the Peace Preservation Law in the Diet. On March 5, 1929 he was assassinated by the right wing. A farewell ceremony was...

The Other Side of Burka is a 2004 Iranian documentary directed by Mehrdad Oskouei. In the southern island of Qeshm, Iran, which is a very strict...

A documentary about a funeral director and her views on life and death.

Following the death of her estranged grandmother, a young girl witnesses the long-repressed hatred and pain within her family. Once they all gather...

Dark powers roam free, a woman dreams of a poppy field and her funeral.

A dark comedy about antagonist twins who have to fulfill their mother’s last will: bury her corpse in the forest.