On the Count of Three,
Passing,
Eight For Silver, and
Prisoners of the Ghostland they all dealt with some form of loss, depression, or grief. While I may be projecting my own emotions and feelings onto the films, these weren t the only movies at the festival to deal with the same topics. There was
CODA, which follows 17-year-old Ruby who is struggling between deciding to follow her dreams or stay with her family;
Mass, which brings together two sets of grieving parents in the aftermath of a school shooting;
One For the Road, which features two friends brought together after one learns they have terminal cancer; and