Mass

Two couples meet in a quiet room off a small town church. One pair lost their son in a school shooting; the other pair are the parents of the shooter. Over a single long conversation they move through grief, accusation, and the question of whether anything can be forgiven.

The film unfolds in near real time as a therapeutic encounter, showing how blame, guilt, and mourning can be spoken and slowly reworked in a shared room. It is a powerful text on grief work, containment, and the labour of forgiveness. It premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.