A person loses something very important. A friend who was always there, who was ready to prompt and support in difficult times. A friend who couldn't be saved. A friend who is buried in tears, and then remembered over a drunken feast with kind words. This friend is a TV.

This film is a combination of body art, re-making and reconstructing a "film genre" from the early era of filmmaking (series "Comic Faces", 1898, Director: G.A. Smith): Making faces in front of the camera. (E.S.jr.)

Contains scenes from the funeral rehearsals for Sunjong, the last Emperor of Korea. As the only existing film of a Korean royal funeral, this film contains historically important images of the procession, urban scenery, and people. The recurring aerial view of the funeral procession shot from a high-rise building creates a particularly spectacular image. According to a newspaper article published on 19 August 1926, the motion picture of Emperor Sunjong’s funeral was screened in theatres to packed audiences. – Sungji Oh, Stefan Droessler

Video: Józef Robakowski, music: Laibach Werkstatt, production: Exchange Gallery.

All shy people pass away. All at the same time, in one blow, all of them. A small community organizes a funeral for all its shy residents who have passed away. Everyone is eager to say something.

The film marks the occasion of the 800-year anniversary of Chornobyl: an epitaph to the nuclear power station tragedy. Lina Kostenko, the Ukrainian poetess, joins former residents on their annual trip to the dead town.

Crowd crowded in front of the commander's mansion; the coffin being loaded; the procession with the funeral carriage and carriages and cars with wreaths on Avenida Dom Pedro I, on Rua Silva Bueno next to the family factory and on Rua Florêncio da Abreu. At the cemetery people speak in honor; the tomb, flowers and the descent of the coffin. The gathering of people at the entrance of the Orthodox Church at the seventh day mass. Panoramic of the city.

In 1972, the Dogon of the Bandiagara cliff in Mali celebrated the funeral of Anaï Dolo, head of the Bongo Masks Society, who died at the age of 122. On this occasion, the large Bongo mask, is erected and for twenty days, family members, elders, men from neighbouring villages purify the village.

Documentary about the funeral of Georgi Alekseyev. Preserved in the Russian film archive.

Edouard, a funeral director, leads a very quiet life. The routine: work, return home, dinner cooked by his wife and reading a story to sleep his daughter. One evening, like no other, her daughter makes a strange prayer. She predicts the death of one of her family members the next day. And every night, the same refrain. Until the dreaded day arrives - she announces the death of her father.

Interviews in 10 cities (Tokyo, Shimonoseki, Kyoto, Fukushima, Okinawa, Sapporo, Nara, Hiroshima, Shizuoka, and Nagasaki) on the day of Shinzo Abe's state funeral

Seven-year-old Marek - a lonely boy, lost, desperately seeking warmth and love. His parents are two young scientists, completely devoted to their careers. She is just finishing her doctoral thesis, he is sketching new projects to promote him. They apply rigor and ruthless discipline to the child. No bond connects them with a child. They do not try to understand his needs, have no idea about his dreams, problems. Marek falls into severe depression. In the doctor's office, Marek notices a cat. He is awakened by the overwhelming desire to have his own pet - a longed-for friend. Of course, the parents do not even want to hear about it. Marek secretly, for buying pocket money, he buys a cricket - a creature that is small enough to hide from the eyes of his parents.

A casket is carried outside. The men’s choir and the harmony singers walk along in the funeral procession. Finally there is the arrival at the Kapperlaan, and the leaving for the cemetery. We mainly see images of the funeral procession: many men pass before the camera, most of them clergy; Cardinal van Rossum also appears in the picture. We also see images of the casket.

Coverage of the State Funeral of former prime minister of Japan Shinzo Abe.

An Irish funeral has a wake. A Jewish funeral has sitting shiva. A traditional Chinese funeral is something else entirely. Thats what the estranged siblings of the Chinese-American Xiao family must undergo upon news of their mothers death. The one brother and three sisters dont get along, however they share one thing: hatred for their domineering and manipulative mother, the Dragon Lady."

Could there be anything worse than having been falsely declared dead and being about to be buried alive? Yes, there could be: You could witness your own funeral beforehand.

Mr. Bean returns in a sketch for Comic Relief to celebrate his 25th anniversary.