Melancholy Movies

Robert's entire life revolves around his passion: his job as a burglar. When a film crew wants to make a documentary about his daily life, he accepts...

A relentless detective inches closer to exposing the Marciano crime family — but when corruption, betrayal, and a deadly bribe collide, Martin...

A lonely tube sock abandoned in a laundromat struggles with grief while searching the streets of Los Angeles for his other half.

A boy lost in grief finds himself trapped in the quiet chaos of his own mind, seeking refuge and release through art and music.

Dangling from a high window, a young non-binary person is on the cusp of life and death. Flashes of film, literature, art (paintings) and cultural...

A young doctor has a promising career in São Paulo, but the diagnosis of a serious illness profoundly changes her relationship with the world...

In 2016, Aekaphong’s uncle was murdered in his house alongside his wife. A year later, Aekaphong returns to his hometown to investigate the...

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

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...

A Documentary about bird carving in the islands of Virginia.

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

Martin Greenfield learned to sew while mending shirts for the Gestapo in Auschwitz and went on to make suits for U.S. presidents and stars. Now, at...

A young girl returns home to an empty apartment. She gets invited on a date but she has to finish her chores first. This would be very easy for her,...

A disillusioned Marine and an Afghan soldier escape the battlefield in a battered Volkswagen bus, journeying through a surreal, war-torn purgatory...

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

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...

Short film about a unique girl who was once a talented piano player turned idol, but one day she quietly vanished. Since then, no one has known her...

Paloma is a young adult who finds herself living in automatic mode, following every imposed social norm, already working in an office and living...

Upon realizing there's not much time left, a teenager stuck in their bedroom, with only a window to the outside world, reflects on their life and...