Short Film Program
Cemetery Shorts 2026
As daylight fades, settle in for a spellbinding program of short films that wander through grief, memory, and the strange, beautiful terrain between presence and absence.
Fri Jun 5 7:45 PM
The Films
Blue Heart
Samuel Suffren | Haiti, France | 15
Marianne and Pétion, living in Haiti, await a call from their son who has left in pursuit of the American dream.
Living with a Visionary
Stephen P. Neary | US | 15
Narrated by Academy Award® nominee James Cromwell, and based on John Matthias’ memoir, Living with a Visionary is a soulful, bittersweet reflection on John’s fifty-year marriage to Diana, an art curator grappling with Parkinson’s. As Diana’s medication besets her with vivid, often beautiful hallucinations, John, now her caregiver, adapts to her imaginary world.
Im Auto Tapes und Butterbrot (With Tapes and Toasts in the Car)
Kiana Naghshineh | Germany, France | 12
In the face of her body fading into stardust, Shari realizes what truly matters to her.
The Morgue Twins
Rebecca Blandón | US | 15
In the twilight of their lives, retired identical twin morgue technicians, Marvin and Melvin Morgan—named after a funeral home—reflect on a 20 year career in New York City’s death care industry while contemplating their own mortality.
Event Details
7:45 PM
Doors Open
9:00 PM
Films Begin
10:30 PM
Q&A with Filmmakers
10:40 PM
Afterparty
More short films in this program to be announced soon...
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Venue
Green-Wood Cemetery
500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232
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