Melancholy Movies

The City That God Forgot is a full feature length documentary film about the city of Utica, NY, and its strong willed community and extensive history...

In Oklahoma City on August 12, 2045, at 1:27 PM, a mysterious celestial body referred to as ‘The Eclipse’ arrived on Earth and destroyed...

Four inversions of an increasingly melancholic relationship

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

COVID-19 made the world go into severe lockdowns. No one could see each other for months on end, but then in 2021, the lockdowns were removed and...

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

A Documentary about bird carving in the islands of Virginia.

An experimental short film born out of long nights spent somewhere else.

Two siblings who are completely different from each other are cleaning dishes as they argue about their differences only to realize that one of them...

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

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

A kaleidoscopic exploration of found objects that express deeper human emotion.

Zane finds solace in their time at church, a peace that is not always reciprocated by others in the community. With a pastor they have known since...

A lone figure drifts between reality and reflection, caught in stillness and searching for something just out of reach.

Does a child really think about so much? Childhood curiosity is an emotion like no other.

A short animated film about a little boy named Less and his trip through the forest.

A woman tries to stave off misgivings about her long-time boyfriend as she desperately attempts to recreate the best days of their relationship.

Maria and Suzy try to find themselves within their confusing relationship after a fateful night, struggling to overcome the indifference they both...

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...