Melancholy Movies

A girl is transformed into space dust by a cosmic entity.

Four inversions of an increasingly melancholic relationship

After discovering a mysterious camera that transports him into fleeting moments of the past, a grieving photography student attempts to rewrite a...

Burden of Existence is a meditative short film about loneliness, debt, poverty, gratitude, addiction, and the fragile ways what we reap sows back to...

Alone on a desolate planet, a crash-landed astronaut wanders the wasteland, searching for hope as his oxygen depletes.

Two long-time internet friends - Ted, the hometown artist, and Liz, a globe-hopping humanitarian. On the night of his gallery opening, on a river...

The City That God Forgot is a full feature length documentary film about the city of Utica, NY, and its strong willed community and extensive history...

Anna is thinking of quitting sex work. She hears screaming from out the window.

A metaphorical love story about the dream of peace, freedom and solidarity in Europe, with the reality of right-wing politics and terror trying to...

The short film tells the story of a woman who was betrayed by the man she loved and lost her unborn child. The depressed woman arrives at a deserted...

A pleasant drive through a countryside is filled by melancholy as unpleasant memories surface.

A boy who finished school and spends time at home, between routine and sleep, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Originally presented as an installation, this raw, haunting short by Basma al-Sharif depicts a horse ride at dusk on a farm in Gaza through...

An orphaned teenager is visiting his parents’ grave - once a place of solace, now a reminder of his growing emptiness.

A kangaroo must craft the perfect drink "for some man time".

After Peter Cercis faces months of writer’s block trying to write his latest story, he tries to look for motivation, as his "other half" quite...

Hozumi is a widower. He meets the Kondos at a bar, and is intrigued when they make a wish before drinking their hoppy cocktails. Hozumi decides to...

On a psychedelic night, the protagonist speaks endlessly to his friends, friends we never hear. Beneath his loud, crude monologue, a different figure...

As one of them is grappling with the possibility of an unplanned pregnancy, two cousins have a heart-to-heart about their family, their lives, and...