Funeral Filmes

A newsreel depicting the funeral of Burmese independence activist U Htun Shein.

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

A six minute film of the funeral of the murdered Metropolitan Emilianos of Grevena, of which all has been lost, save for 17 seconds. Emilianos was...

Balkan actuality.

For most of us a funeral is traditionally a modest, somber affair, but there are some families who are prepared to go above and beyond to ensure...

A journey of a 7 year-old boy's acceptance of his grandpa's death in a traditional Taiwanese funeral.

An exhausted and under-appreciated Dana Langley leads a funeral that doesn't seem to end.

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...

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...

Two men attempt to comfort their grieving friend in different ways

Geoffrey, 12, and his brother Kimanthi, 15, have to travel to Shimoni to bury their grandmother. It is a most dreadful journey for the two as it will...

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

Despite the recent dissolution of their relationship, a couple must reunite to bury their pet.

In El Paso, Son stands in the shower, his cinnamon skin glistening, as he prepares for his father’s funeral. Memories flood into his head of...

A man seeks help in planning his funeral from a surprisingly experienced consultant.

On 28 January 1901 the great musician Giuseppe Verdi died from the consequences of a stroke that had struck him six days earlier. These very rare...

Phil, a Vietnam War veteran and aspiring performer, stumbles upon a chest containing the spirit of a medieval jester and killer known as Chicot....