A Funeral for Lightning

A Funeral for Lightning is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Emily Kai Bock and released in 2016.^[1] The film stars Annie Williams as Mandy, a pregnant woman who is becoming disillusioned with her husband Cornelius's (Daniel Frazier) insistence on living off the grid in rural Tennessee.

A Funeral for Lightning
Directed by	Emily Kai Bock
Written by	Emily Kai Bock
Produced by	Emily Kai Bock Lora Criner
Starring	Annie Williams Daniel Frazier
Cinematography	Evan Prosofsky
Edited by	Emily Kai Bock
Production company	Epoch Films
Release date	September 2016 (2016-09) (TIFF)
Running time	23 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.^[1]

The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2016.^[2] At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, it was a shortlisted nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama.^[3]

The name of the work is borrowed from a song title by Doldrums, a Canadian music project which she directed a music video for.^[4]