Melancholy Movies

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

You are homehead. You live in a home that looks like your head. But you are not weird.

After a freak accident leaves a young man in a surreal limbo, he must team up with a talking puppet to map a mysterious island from fragments of...

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

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

This story follows Mauricio in his dilema between following his dream, the complicated relationship whit his family and the fight with his worst...

A movie including footages of nature talking about the journey of life

Set during the turbulent shift from silent to sound, this film intertwines the lives of a struggling filmmaker and a solitary fisherman. A meditation...

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

A young boy sees his brother’s ghost return from the dead to help him overcome his mourning.

Simbiso, a determined 17-year-old girl from a rural village, carries the weight of raising her younger siblings after losing their parents. When she...

After losing her grandfather when she was less than a year old, a now very conflicted teen must learn how to navigate her grief even though she...

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

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

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...