It's hard to say goodbye to a loved one, yet it's part of life's experiences. Sometimes we have to say goodbye to a parent, as in Billy the hamster cowboy: billy's mom or Father and daughter, or to a mentor as in R.I.S.E Pathfinder and After the rain, or to our youth as in Goodbye Mr de Vries and Slipping Away. These goodbyes are often accompanied by sadness and melancholy, but the directors of the films in this selection have managed to bring out great beauty in them. Benshi brings you a selection of films on this difficult but universal theme, offering us moving and delicate stories of mourning.