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Grief & Loss short films

Loss that refuses a straight line. Shorts that sit in one room with it, long enough to recognise.

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Short films about grief and loss.

Grief does not move in a straight line, and short films know it. They do not try to resolve a loss in an hour; they sit in one room with it, long enough to recognise. These films are hand-picked, complete, and free to watch. Stories about carrying what is gone.

Darlings follows an estranged son returning to see his dying grandmother, and All Through The Night watches a son fight to stir his father's fading memory. And Now I Lay Me Down sits with a once-famous actress arranging a final perfect day, while A Moral Man turns its spotlight on the hardest goodbye of all.

The best short films about grief and loss offer company, not closure. Darkside follows an astronaut searching for a lost crew across the dark of space, and Billie sits at a poker table where a woman quietly dreams of revenge. Picked by our editors and free in all 193 countries, no fee and no sign-up. Press play, and take it slowly.