Melancholy Movies

A group of friends from a summer village. Over the past few years, they've been seeing each other less and less. Bruna invites them to lunch to...

Set in early-1900s Ireland, A troubled and delusional young man dependent on the attention of his mother grows increasingly obsessed with the...

After the End’ is a documentary film about the effect of loss in each of our lives. Following the stories of people who have each experienced...

After a tragic loss shatters her family, Mia battles grief and turmoil, forced to choose between escaping the past or succumbing to it.

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

One man's struggle with a repetitive daily routine prompts an inner monologue on the value of memories and time.

First short film from Queens-based Filmmaker Shawn Solomon that captures various memories and moments across 2023.

L'amour (love). La mort (death). Two French words that could confuse a foreigner, but never a native. Messenger V writes for a company that sends...

In 2027, when the Preservation Act forbids 20% of citizens from having sex, fugitive lovers Peter and Laura hide in a rundown motel, torn between...

Some words were left unspoken by two lovers before one of them departed. In desperation, one decided to go back in time to a specific moment in the...

Set in 1948, a year after independence, Gajar Ka Halwa is a deeply personal tale of love, loss, and the invisible scars of Partition. In the...

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

The Fenestration of Suburbia is a melancholic social documentation of a cold Canadian suburb.

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

A César nominated short animation about the impact on a small-town clerk by the arrival of a female hitch-hiker.

Antoine is a 9-year-old autistic child. His perception of the world is both strange and wonderful. Her sister Emilie, in her teenage years, is...

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...