An Elephant in the Room

In New Jersey, the Good Grief community focuses on a holistic way of dealing with grief, where children can give in to rage in ‘the volcano room,' and say goodbye to a dying teddy bear patient in ‘the hospital room.'

Over the course of a year, we follow the weekly meetings and get close to Kimmy, Nicky, Peter, Nora, Nolan, and Mikayla and their close companion: grief. It is sometimes heartbreaking, but also humorous, to experience the questions about life and death through their open and curious minds.

Grief is high and heavy as a mountain, but it helps you understand what has happened, and that death is irreversible.

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photo of Katrine Philp

Credits

Director:

Katrine Philp

Executive Producer:

Patricia Drati, Kaspar Astrup Shcröder, Boris Benjamin Bertram

Producer:

Katrine A. Sahlstrøm

Cinematographer:

Adam Morris Philp

Editor:

Signe Rebekka Kaufmann

Sound Designer:

Thomas Jæger, Kristoffer Salting

Music:

Povl Kristian

Contact

Distributor:

Ben Schwartz and Matt Burke (matt@submarine.com)
schwartz@submarine.com

Public Film Contact:

Katrine A. Sahlstrøm
Good Company Pictures
kat@goodcompanypictures.com
+4561781090

Publicity Contact:

Sylvia Desrochers
sdesrochers@mprm.com
3239333399

Sales Agent:

Submarine Entertainment/Submarine Deluxe

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2020
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88 mins