Searching for the root of generational trauma, the director takes a camera into his estranged grandfather's funeral.
Jack Dunphy is a filmmaker, animator, actor and writer from Chicago whose short films Serenity and Chekhov have played at Sundance, AFI and festivals around the world. His latest short, Bob's Funeral, won Best Nonfiction Short Film at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. He was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine.
His short film Revelations premiered at Slamdance and went on to play The Champs-Élysées Film Festival. His short film Brontosaurus played The True/False, Nashville, Florida, Philadelphia and Cucalorus film festival.
He starred in Assholes (dir. Peter Vack) which won the audience award at SXSW. He co-wrote Stinking Heaven, which premiered at The International Festival of Rotterdam, with Nathan Silver, and wrote, edited and produced Silver’s The Great Pretender, which played Tribeca, AFI and festivals around the world.