Grief & The Pandemic

This animation explores what it is to experience grief, focusing on aspects of grief that have been affected by social restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Interpersonal relationships and participation in the social world are important in shaping and regulating the course of grief over time, but social restrictions have disrupted the structures and activities that we rely upon to understand and cope with loss.

The film is based on the research of Matthew Ratcliffe, Louise Richardson and Becky Millar from the Department of Philosophy at the University of York.

Animation Direction, Artwork and Music by Hugh Cowling
Compositing - Joe Berger