Rooftop Selects: Cemetery Shorts

Searching for the root of generational trauma, the director sneaks a camera into his estranged grandfather’s funeral.

After the death of a friend, two nuns in their golden years contemplate what their future holds. One confession leads to another and before they know it, they're embarking on an adventure.

The film portraying a woman's confrontation with cancer: her fears, isolation, and the peculiar beauty that emerges amidst the agony.

Zeljko and Viki sacrifice all they have to ensure a gentle end of life for discarded horses on their small plot of land. End of the Road examines mortality and the need for compassion, empathy and dignity to be extended to all living beings for the entirety of their lives' journey.

A kaleidoscopic journey through the imaginations of the director’s Japanese-American family and their longings to find home.

Meet Rex, a sculptor who engages in philosophical musings about mortality — verbalizing his abandonment of fear to his headstones.

A robotic vacuum in a pandemic hospital quits its repetitive job. It travels to Chinatown looking for meaning. Befriending a rabbit trapped in repetition, the vacuum discovers community and purpose beyond programmed cleaning.

A local Saint controls the realm of the abyss, making it impossible for dead people to talk to their loved ones who are still living.