grief - The Film Verdict

Maze

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 23, 2025 | Festivals, Busan 2025 |

Grief is the thing in Maze, Shin Sun’s subdued drama about a trio of people processing loss. An understated but absorbing meditation on guilt and recrimination.

Mother Mara

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 23, 2024 | Festivals, Sarajevo 2024 |

Mirjana Karanovic shines as both creator and star of Mother Mara, a nuanced drama about a middle-aged woman navigating loss, adapted from elements of a Tanja Sljivar play.

Lapilli

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Jun 30, 2024 | Festivals, Karlovy Vary 2024 |

Overcome with grief at the sudden loss of her grandparents, filmmaker Paula Durinova’s expressive documentary Lapilli finds solace in the geological formations of the Aral Sea.

Pirsas

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 27, 2023 | Festivals, San Sebastian 2023, Verdict Shorts |

Angelica Maria Torres Tamayo works through a personal tragedy in Pirsas, a deeply affecting documentary about a family trauma and the prospect of recovery.

Seaweed

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 16, 2023 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2023, Verdict Shorts |

A young boy grieving the loss of his mother forms a bond with a desert drifter in the heart-warming Israeli drama, Seaweed.

Tag: grief

Maze

Mother Mara

Lapilli

Pirsas

Seaweed