Film Blocks

Stories of terminal diagnoses, caregiving through decline, and the tender, gutting work of saying goodbye while you still can. Anticipatory grief is the feeling of loss, sadness, and mourning that happens before a major loss actually occurs. It is common when facing a terminal illness, caring for someone with advanced dementia, or anticipating another life-changing event. People mourn future missed moments and feel sadness while the person is still alive

Films that find laughter and lightness — without minimizing the grief underneath. For when you need a break from the heaviest feelings.

Films that push boundaries in grappling with loss — through poetry, experimental techniques, and hybrid forms.

Films that reckon with the most shattering loss a parent can face. Proceed gently with these; they go to the deepest places of grief.

Stories of losing a partner — to sudden accident or illness, after a long life together, or far too young. Films about keeping memories alive.

Stories of taking first steps back into life — returning to work, re-learning how to be in the world, making new memories without forgetting.

Intimate first-person reflections on grief and loss, exploring personal ghosts, emotional reckoning, and finding meaning amid the pain.

Films that sit with the raw, early months of loss — the impossible ordinary of the first year.

Stories of children and teens finding their way through loss far too young — losing a parent, a sibling, a friend, or their own life.

Films that follow the most shattering, world-upending losses — the death of a child, surviving suicide, facing the unimaginable.