A Funeral A Strategy Of Difference And Repetition

There has been a lot of rumors. It's almost mid-autumn festival, according to the customs, the Crown Prince is going to mourn his deceased mother by the river in the Royal Garden. Guo Changzhi, the Royal Chancellor, is worried about his safety and orders the Da Lisi to solve the case as soon as possible. The Da Lisi, together with Xue Yang, Shangguan Yu and Ding Nai'er, find the murderer behind the case and discover that a huge flesh-eating fish demon which breeds under the Qu River. This fish demon is actually owned by Wu Yantuo–a mysterious yet powerful witch.

There's no graveyard for secrets

A new documentary by acclaimed film-maker Vanessa Engle, The Funeral Murders follows a dramatic and deadly series of events that took place at two funerals in Belfast in March 1988. Thirty years later, those who witnessed or were intimately connected to these events tell their stories. This film offers a range of perspectives - from republicans and loyalists to the security forces and family members of those who died, who share their moving stories for the first time.

Alumni of Ibaraki High School learn that one of their classmates is killed in an accident on the tenth anniversary of their graduation, necessitating an unexpected reunion and “on-campus funeral”. They spend a strange night together, during which the secrets of his life are revealed and they rededicate themselves to his memory, with a new outlook on life.

In 1976, Ian Dunlop was invited by Dundiwuy Wanambi, a leader of the Marrakulu clan, to Gurka’wuy on Trial Bay in the Gulf of Carpentaria. He wanted Film Australia to record the first major Marrakulu ceremony to be held at Gurka’wuy since its recent establishment as a clan settlement. While they were there, a baby boy died. The Madarrpa men, including the child’s father and Dundiwuy, asked for the funeral to be filmed.Mortuary rites of the Yolngu are extremely complex. Despite some practical modifications to traditional ceremonies as a result of life on mission stations, ritual remains extremely strong.

Dark Funeral playing live at Bloodstock 2013

A lost soul is guided to an underworld ball where she finds the home that sets her free.

One of my dreams is to organize my own funeral.

The grandson of notorious killer Charles Manson embarks on an unusual journey to arrange the late cult leader's funeral.

Chris, an exceptional student, is expelled from the school and suffers the neglect of the ones he loves after he commits a crime. Chris meets two lonely and dangerous new young friends that will lead him to explore the dark sides of his personality and to exploit his physical and emotional limits. The friends will experience a world without hope, living in a violent sociological environment that will create the conditions for the three of them to star looking for dead as the only one way of escape of their frustrated lives.

A funeral director searches for purpose in a job that consistently incapacitates him with grief.

A father and son head to New Orleans to overcome their women trouble.

Following her partner's funeral, a young woman and her newly-inherited greyhound explore the awkward weight of grief in a honeymoon suite, leaving the weight of another death.

Struggling with debt, the Funeral Fulham Directors are going to take care of bussiness themselves

Peace Fu Lee just wants to prove to her father, Michael Lee, that she’s ready to take over her namesake – Peace Funeral Home. But on her first case as acting funeral director, Peace has to fix an unfortunate mixup before her father finds out. 

Nauseating - mostly due to its decayed essence and invasive tone but also because of it's eerie mid-90's bleakness. Visually stinky, but nostalgic, with a few filthy funny whispers of effortless humor. The rest is mercurial, unsettling, and a little dire. A combination that creates a captivating can't-look-away 45 minutes. This is the pizza party precursor to the madness that ensued later on with these strange folks.

After the funeral of his wife, a man tries to reconcile with his estranged daughter.

CRASH MY FUNERAL is a surreal comedy about a scriptwriter's block. In an attempt to pull his movie back on track he employs drastic measures; trying out impossible dialogue on a pizza delivery man, wandering around the neighborhood to scare up new characters and scenes, hoping for inspiration from every pretty girl that passes his way. In the end he realizes that the creation of art, for him, isn't fictional at all, but merely a collage of real-life moments in which he finds meaning and delight. Produced as part of Rick Schmidt Workshop.