Dead Lover

Shot on 16mm, this delightfully strange love story follows a lonely gravedigger who tries to resurrect the love of her life.

The blossoming love between a gravedigger (who smells like corpses) and a poet is cut short by a tragic accident. Grief-stricken and in possession of his severed finger, she uses her knowledge of dead bodies to try to bring him back in a highly inventive tale inspired by Frankenstein. Written by and starring Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie (also in LIFF2025 film Honey Bunch).

"Dead Lover is a cartoon lightning bolt of vivacious, zany good fun and open experimentalism held together by the obvious talent and affection of its cast and crew." — Payton McCarty-Simas, Film Inquiry