Melancholy Movies

A young mime struggles with financial hardships and attempts to find hope in their solitary life.

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

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

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

Juno, a college freshman, is faced with her own personal melancholy of longing to reconnect with her best friend, Elizabeth.

"While I'm Away" is a first-year student animated short. This short is about the sense of not fully belonging to one place, and missing the other...

Comfortable in the routine of his 9-5 job, a postcard triggers office worker Ben to confront a memory from his youth. This leads him on a path of...

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

An introspective narrative that follows the daily lives of characters immersed in existential and identity crises within urban environments. Trapped...

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

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...

Alone on a desolate planet, a crash-landed astronaut wanders the wasteland, searching for hope as his oxygen depletes.

A new-to-town carer forms an unlikely bond with her first patient, an elderly man with onset dementia, and together they find ways to reconcile with...

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...

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

On the eve of a major life change, Abby sorts through memories, unfinished conversations, and the pieces of a friendship strained by ambition. As...

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

At once surreal and poignant, this semi-autobiographical film by American director John Dilworth (Courage the Cowardly Dog) chronicles a turning...

On a psychedelic night, the protagonist speaks endlessly to his friends, friends we never hear. Beneath his loud, crude monologue, a different figure...