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TENDER REQUIEM
TENDER REQUIEM
Experimental, Short, Experimental, drama, transcendental
United States
2025
Runtime, min
6
Tender Requiem is a meditative short film that explores death through the eyes of innocence. In a space between worlds, two quiet angels—one a young adult, the other a child—gently escort children’s souls from life to what comes next. With no dialogue, minimal action, and a transcendental visual style, the film reflects on the soft gravity of parting, the beauty of stillness, and the sacredness of moving on. Tender Requiem is a transcendental short film that dwells in the stillness between life and what comes after. Two silent entities—one youthful, one younger—appear only when it’s time for a child to move on. They don’t speak. They don’t guide. They simply arrive. Told without dialogue, and grounded in minimalist visuals and long takes, the film invites viewers into an experience rather than a narrative—one shaped as much by absence as by presence. “Most of us see what we want to see,” the filmmaker reflects. “Instead, just see what is there.” There are no explanations, no right or wrong answers—just space to witness, reflect, and maybe, for a moment, understand.

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