Melancholy Movies

Two sisters and their male counterparts struggle with the negative influences of their youths over a 50-year period.

In the wake of Glasgow’s rapid deindustrialization and economic decline in the 90s, a young Fraser falls victim to knife crime and is indelibly...

Two lonely people notice each other on the train. One desires the other. A yearning so big it might destroy me. Walk up that hill. Desperation.

Anna is a 45 years old woman, living alone with her mother in the center of Tbilisi. One night, Anna's life takes a different turn, when at the...

A dystopian, post-modern retelling of the Easter story.

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...

After struggling and finally conceiving a child, Roxy and Vinnie Ventola, a successful television writing couple, learns that their newborn has AIDS....

Two people from different walks of life, both realize that laughter is good for the soul.

Ale and her best friend Rubén, witness the brief sighting of a comet. She hangs on to the moment.

After a close friends suicide; Will, a Punk and Post-Punk musician living in the US is struggling with doubts about his relationship, his identity...

Hiatos is a performance art video that treats melancholy as a colonial wound. Through performance and dance, it reveals perspectives of time,...

José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip...

A drama examining the romantic relationships of one man's life. Jumping from past to present, the story focuses on the highs and lows of four...

A few minutes in the life of two people: a young woman who has her whole life in front of her and an old man ill with asthma who has only one more...

A tortured soul seeks meaning in life. "The Wide Open Project" is an artistic and experimental visual album about the emerging artist Zinity. Created...

A feature-length road trip drama, set on the iconic London canals. We are narrated an unlikely story mixing reality with hints of British folklore....

A grieving young inventor finds solace in repairing an antique typewriter.

The camera gets lost in the deserted streets and lonely reflections of the city lights. Without words, it captures the loneliness of souls who,...

In his motor home, while drinking too much wine, an old “Shlappsteur” (a luxury event waiter) shares anecdotes about the job that ate up...

This visually stunning short film set in the rural wheat belt of Western Australia, provides a candid insight into the life of Ronan, a 14 yr old boy...