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...

Documentary about Canada's war veterans and the meaning of Remembrance Day. Voiceover narration accompanies battle footage from the First and Second...

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...

A family has their daughter marry a dying man in order to get an inheritance, but get into trouble when the man survives his illness.

Maria recounted the chronology of her father's death many times to the visiting guests.

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

The funeral procession of suffragette Emily Davison - fatally injured at the Epsom Derby - passes through London to her final resting place in...

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

Ruben begins having blissful, heavenly dreams. But things take a dark turn when he no longer wants to wake up.

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

Xiao Mo, a philosophy student, volunteered at a funeral assistance center to search for the meaning of life and death. Unexpectedly, his mentor...

One night, a supernatural figure emerges from the darkness to find a human who is grieving the death of his mother. As the figure watches closely, it...

In the Serere village of Khombole, Senegal, the inhabitants organize an old man's funeral and take part in wrestling competitions held in arenas.

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

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...

A short film exploring the feelings of grief

Victims of a tragic air crash are honoured in a sombre military funeral procession through the streets of Hitchin.

Documentary depicting the funeral of Argentinian First Lady Eva Perón in 1952.

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...

A sweet, sad philosophical contemplation about what death is like for our dogs and what it might be for us.