Short film

Mourning Glory

2025 · 16 min

A gentle, bittersweet short that finds quiet humour and warmth in grief, drifting through wakes with a lonely man learning to reconnect.

Overview: Lost soul Dermot is newly widowed and turns to an unusual pastime to process his pain. But his gatecrashing of every wake he can across rural county Antrim doesn’t go unnoticed. The new funeral director and her young son catch him in the act but then make him an offer he surely can’t refuse.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, isolation, found family, death
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
found family
death
healing
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none