Dying And Death Movies

Most of us think of death as something clear-cut, and that medical science has it neatly figured out. This feature documentary explodes such...

Azrael has guided countless souls into the afterlife, but has never understood why people choose to love, even though it always ends in loss. When he...

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...

When Kim Acquaviva’s wife Kathy was diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer, the couple decided to share the day-to-day realities of her slide...

After the untimely death of his 35-year old brother, an artist explores the questions that surfaced from grief by painting 365 paintings and to spur...

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...

Switzerland is the only country in the world that allows foreigners to come and die on its territory. Since its founding in 1998, more than a...

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

The Lamalera village is located in a small volcanic Island, a poor, barren land, and they catch whales to eat. It is the only way for them to...

An intimate portrait of New York artist Michael Anderson during the last year of his life. The film is structured by way of Roberto Bolaño's...

In 1974, a soldier, having now returned home, is haunted by shadows from the past, but are they just in his mind?

A group of young UN soldiers in Lebanon enters service with pro-Israeli views and a naive outlook on war. They go through a radical change of heart...

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

An aspiring painter struggles to find passion for his art after the death of his mother.

Stories about life and death during the Day of the Dead season.

How do you learn to talk about death when you are a future doctor? Mathilde and Fabian will be entering a residency next year. I'm looking at the...

A moving personal documentary about Danny, a friend of Kybartas who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1986. This powerful work explores the reason...

A musical audiovisual journey in four parts. A young man finds himself unexpectedly taking an audiovisual odyssey into a world of surreality, slowly...

Life is a breath, a breath that while it is with us, always blows us around, allows us to do everything we do, live what we live.