The death of a parent is a highly stressful life event for a bereaved child. In this difficult time, the child not only loses one parent and experiences trauma, but also copes with the loss of the second parent as well because of a misunderstanding during the proceeding through the grief. Adults feel negative emotions, while little children don’t fully understand that their late parents will never come back.

“Snowmom” is a 2 minute animated short film focused on the themes of family, support, loss and grief. This film tells a story about a man and his son who are grieving the tragic loss of their mother and wife. When the boy builds a snowman that resembles his late mother, his father finally realizes that his boy is missing the parental attention and love. It’s time for them both to move on. But how will they do it? And will they? How does it feel to deal with the loss of a loved one? How does the child deal with the loss? Do children and adults experience grief and loss differently? And, most importantly, can the boy and his father through the Snowmom say goodbye and move on?