The Rushing of the Sea
This short film is a sensory meditation on the inexplicable ways grief moves through us as we move through it. Younger and Older are adult siblings who have just lost their mother to terminal illness. Younger has sunk into a grief where she intrusively relives the last perfect day the three of them had together: on the beach, with the rushing of the sea underscoring impermanence. When Older has to leave Younger alone for the first time since the memorial, Younger’s surreal, sensory grief threatens to drown her. She must turn into the swell and face it, accepting the help and love of her family — both here and gone — to resurface.
See the film at festivals
Catch us next at Regal Union Square for Urban Dreams Mental Health Film Festival! Screening Friday, 5/3 at 6:15pm. Choose tickets for that time down the page here.
Thank you, Queens World Film Festival, for such a lovely screening and community!
Thank you Blackbird Film Festival for an amazing time and our second award for Best Sound Design!
Thank you, Southern Oasis Film Festival and our Knoxville family and friends, for a lovely Southern premiere!
Thank you to The Triborough Film Festival for our TWO Astor Awards - Best Actress & Best Sound Design!
Follow the journey
Upcoming screenings:
Urban Dreams Mental Health Film Festival - Regal Union Square, NYC, 5/3 @ 6:15pm - Tickets here
Screening history:
Queens World Film Festival (Astoria, NY), April 2024
Blackbird Film Festival (Cortland, NY), April 2024 - Award Winner - Best Sound Design
Southern Premiere: Southern Oasis Film Festival (Sevierville, Tennessee), March 2024
Triborough Film Festival, January 2024 - Award Winner - Best Sound Design & Best Actress (Isabella Jane Schiller)
West Coast Premiere: Culver City Film Festival, December 2023
Chain NYC Film Festival, August 2023
Premiere: Big Apple Film Festival (Spring Edition), May 2023
