Melancholy Movies

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

Set in northern Kerala, the film narrates the journey of Alice in search of her missing husband, a college lecturer. During her quest, she slowly...

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...

An orphaned teenager is visiting his parents’ grave - once a place of solace, now a reminder of his growing emptiness.

A man vents about his unraveling life to his best friend, unaware that the truth of their conversation extends far beyond his own perspective.

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

"Why Me?" is a short documentary film that boldly recounts the extraordinary story of Robert Diamubeni, the sole survivor of flight 9T-TCG in 1990...

A young woman, unable to move on from a failed relationship, spirals into depression, drugs, and alcohol. Haunted by memories of the man she once...

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

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

A Documentary about bird carving in the islands of Virginia.

In this deeply moving VRChat short film, an entity from the 'in-between' observes the human experience from the periphery. As it watches individuals...

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...

Patrick, a passionate photographer, travels 6,000 miles from London to Hong Kong to reunite with his girlfriend, Mia, whom he met during her exchange...

Dangling from a high window, a young non-binary person is on the cusp of life and death. Flashes of film, literature, art (paintings) and cultural...

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