ABOUT THE FILM:

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

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:

Jack Dunphy is a filmmaker, animator, actor and writer from Chicago whose short films Serenity and Chekhov have played at Sundance, AFI and festivals around the world. His latest short, Bob's Funeral, won Best Nonfiction Short Film at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. His short film Revelations premiered at Slamdance and went on to play at The Champs-Élysées Film Festival in Paris, France. He co-wrote Stinking Heaven, which premiered at The International Festival of Rotterdam, with Nathan Silver, and wrote, edited and produced Silver’s The Great Pretender, which played Tribeca, AFI and festivals around the world.