an open field

An Open Field is an exquisitely beautiful and profoundly moving meditation on grief, memory, and collective healing.

The film journeys to the Ethiopian village where the director's loved one was lost in a plane crash, becoming an extraordinary encounter between personal mourning and communal ritual. With a patient, deeply attentive gaze, the film allows silence, landscape, and sound to carry meaning, transforming absence into a powerful presence that lingers in every frame. What emerges is a deeply human portrait of shared loss, where cultural boundaries dissolve and care is expressed through togetherness, ritual, and time. Tender, immersive, and spiritually resonant, this is a film that stays with you long after it ends.