Discussion of the film “Till Death”

2025 (20 mins)
Director: Yana Billé-Chung

When a kind young couple is offered the chance of a lifetime to purchase their dream house from an ailing octogenarian at a fraction of its asking price, they eagerly accept. However, the deal comes with a significant catch: the older woman must live with them until her death, at which point the house will become theirs.

Friday, December 11, 2026
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm ET
Via Zoom
*Film will be viewed during the event.

Discussant: Katherine Marshall Woods, PsyD & filmmaker Yana Billé-Chung

Presentation: Films can often present one narrative and transform before our eyes to offer a different lens to consider.  Hopeful beginnings can manifest into dark narratives that provide a richer meaning to the artistic production. When craving object connection, individuals can find themselves seeking attachments in ways that may have been unforeseen.  Within the honeymoon phase, the connection yields fruit; however, when expectations are not met, negative feelings of competition and envy arise. Together, we will explore the impact of lack of connection with desired object selves/groups and affective states in isolation.

Yana Billé-Chung’s Till Death is a substantial contribution to dark narrative productions.  Award-winning at Diversity in Cannes, 2026 for Best Actress and Best Screenwriting, the characters demonstrate how one’s true self is masked in the service of gaining one’s primary need for connection.  Viewing this dynamic across generations shows how the human condition remains steadfast in the desire for human connection and the lengths individuals will take to achieve connection and a feeling of being with community.