Paid Mourners (2026)

In *Paid Mourners*, grief is a family business—and it's strictly women’s work. The story follows a household of professional mourners, a somber trade handed down through the generations. But 16-year-old Margo wants no part of it. She’s busy building a following on TikTok, and the unglamorous ritual of weeping for strangers holds zero appeal. Everything changes when her grandmother, Bavo, reveals she has just one week left to live. With Margo’s mother out of the picture, the weight of the family legacy lands on the teenager’s reluctant shoulders. In a race against time, Bavo has seven days to teach Margo the ancient art of mourning—and convince her to embrace the role she was always destined to inherit.