Melancholy Movies

After feeling that he does not belong to the world around him, he withdraws into himself in an inner world in which he lives through books and...

An atmospheric, surrealist nightmare set against a backdrop of barren fields and sun-bleached missing posters about a grief so intense, it transcends...

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

Three high school students deal with mental health struggles throughout the school day before Thanksgiving.

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...

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

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

A metaphorical love story about the dream of peace, freedom and solidarity in Europe, with the reality of right-wing politics and terror trying to...

A man who spends his nights offering emotional support struggles to confront his own inner life by day. Aspiring to be a writer, he drifts through...

A closed off young woman finds herself alone in her evacuated town, pondering the impending end of the world.

mens·beeld (het; o; meervoud: mensbeelden) A "Mensbeeld" is a well-thought-out and coherent representation of what it means to be human....

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

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...

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...

A fragmented documentary portrait of Sammy, an adult with undiagnosed autism growing up in Jersey. Through cut-up interviews, island landscapes and...

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

Oliver, an elderly gardener with Alzheimer's, discovers a Super 8 film reel he recorded decades ago, during the early days of his relationship with...

After the end of a relationship, a young Belgian woman remains alone in an isolated house and turns silence, repetition, and solitude into forms of...

Set against the peaceful backdrop of a small county in rural Tennessee, Our Breath explores the intersecting lives of five friends: Benny, Leslie,...