Melancholy Movies

College sophomore Miles Stoops decides on a whim to make a movie with no clear direction, but is repeatedly distracted by JRPG monologues, a second...

As he declutters his house for a move, a grieving man faces the ghosts tied to his belongings.

Struggling with writer's block, Sam, a young filmmaker writing their next screenplay experiences a nightmare showing them the sacrifices made in the...

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 beautiful place, the same old place. Shapes of blues and greens flow with grace, a feast of rêverie for the eye. Wind, water, sun, light, the...

A depressed man finds himself in a silent nightmare of self-reflection.

A short put together through old home videos on a camcorder of my childhood.

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...

Nikolay, a young farm worker, is seen as different by other village people. He doesn't drink vodka and seems a bit odd. After returning from an...

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

A young couple in their twenties is confronted with the fear of monotony in their daily lives.

This short film follows the story of a student who is forced to leave the country because of a lack of a valid visa. On his last day in Berlin, he...

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

Senna is a scientist seeking to perfect a mind-jumping time-travel project. Upon finding a VHS tape that compels her to delve into her family's past,...

On a lonely night, revolting for sleep, Hari opened his old notes of melancholy. While writing the diary, he delves into his past and reopens all his...

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

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...

Angella develops a rare psychological disorder called trichotillomania, until, through alternative therapy, she discovers that the cause of her...