Melancholy Movies

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

Saudade. (n.) an intense longing for someone or something that is absent. it's the mixture of feelings of loss, distance, and love. it's a deep...

A short film poem about transitioning to the next chapter of your life

In 1974, 24 year-old Francis Wetherbee, a bank teller who is the subject of small-town envy and gossip, disappears from her hometown of Smithville,...

A man steadily bashes through the snow. He disappears and the trees, covered in white, shift and show a beautiful array of hidden colors. A poetic,...

An elderly piano teacher recently diagnosed with terminal cancer lives in fear of death. But her real fear is who will take care of her cat, her only...

As the sun begins its descent, time seems to stand still.

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

When an ocean-fascinated cowboy from the Brazilian backlands discovers that the farm where he has worked all his life will be sold, he abandons...

Henry is a slacker floating through young adulthood earning a measly income from selling his body as a human punching bag. Meanwhile he wonders if...

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

A piece of visual poetry that shows the world seen through the eyes of a person in a constant state of anhedonia

The man who isolates himself from the world to delve deeply into his thoughts. Searching less for answers and more for memories that can bring him...

Nestor is a boy immersed in melancholy. In an attempt to forget an old love, he begins a relationship with Isabel, an android.

Phone and video camera footage of Jane's lonely family trip to Europe. Takes place months before certain events take place.

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

In the mid-20th century, in a forested valley between Italy and Yugoslavia, a stingy widower befriends a young woman and helps her depart across the...