A Still Small Voice

The latest film from Midnight Family director Luke Lorentzen follows Mati, a chaplain-in-training who’s completing a residency at New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital, as she learns to provide spiritual care to people confronting profound life changes. Through Mati’s experiences with her patients, her struggle with professional burnout, and her own spiritual questioning, the film explores the meaningfulness of human connection and the pain of its absence. Unafraid of intimacy, yet always careful not to trespass anyone’s boundaries with his camera, Lorentzen presents two extraordinarily intimate perspectives at once: that of patients and families sharing their wisdom, fears, and grief; and that of Mati, who’s no less present or giving when she’s simply listening. Winner of the Sundance Film Festival Prize for Best Director (Documentary), A Still Small Voice is an eloquent reflection on mortality as well as a testament to the emotional costs of great responsibility.

“The holy water is in a Styrofoam cup. Somewhere, a door slams. It’s human and messy — and it’s divine.”- New York Times