Melancholy Movies

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

In the mid-20th century, in a forested valley between Italy and Yugoslavia, a stingy widower befriends a young woman and helps her depart across the...

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...

Strangers revolve around a solitary photographer who captures portraits of unknown individuals by confining himself inside a photo booth. However,...

A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.

Improvised over the course of a single night in Paris, this short film follows Fanny and Alexis, who meet by chance on a warm August evening. Fanny...

Three high school students deal with mental health struggles throughout the school day before Thanksgiving.

Nestor is a boy immersed in melancholy. In an attempt to forget an old love, he begins a relationship with Isabel, an android.

Once a dream wove a shade, and pitying I dropped a tear. But I saw lights near, that light the ground while the soul wanders.

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...

An intimate portrait of Salt Lake City and its surroundings. Shot on 16mm film.

Based on actual events about the harsh realities of teenagers living life in a group home (where over 100,000 American juveniles live each year). The...

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman attempts to reconnect to her late love through the piano.

Late at night two girls discover a voyeuristic website with horrifying consequences.

When an ocean-fascinated cowboy from the Brazilian backlands discovers that the farm where he has worked all his life will be sold, he abandons...

Sonder is a trilingual (in English, Hindi, and Punjabi) mood piece about the ordinariness of life. It is a celebration of the seemingly simple,...

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

A young adult's first-hand account of "accidentally becoming human again" after, and with, trauma induced depression. Lo-fi, vulnerable, and uniquely...