Marleen van der Werf

A cinematic essay that captures the inner journey of grief through the natural landscape.

GRIEF is an essay on transience and loss, in which the maker visually expresses her perception of a mourning process via nature. The once-familiar environment now appears as an eerie twilight zone, where feelings of loss can suddenly appear on the horizon and emotions crash like waves upon the shore. The darkness of night brings forth intense memories, yet also harbors a hidden comfort.