Melancholy Movies

A boy lost in grief finds himself trapped in the quiet chaos of his own mind, seeking refuge and release through art and music.

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

A psycho-geographic journey through London and its history, as undertaken by an unseen narrator and his companion, Robinson, at the time of the 1992...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

A haunting and tender fable of innocence, wonder, and the passage of time, "Everkeep" follows Odette, a lonely girl who dwells in the vast, enchanted...

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...

A young girl returns home to an empty apartment. She gets invited on a date but she has to finish her chores first. This would be very easy for her,...

Upon realizing there's not much time left, a teenager stuck in their bedroom, with only a window to the outside world, reflects on their life and...

In 2027, when the Preservation Act forbids 20% of citizens from having sex, fugitive lovers Peter and Laura hide in a rundown motel, torn between...

Jonah, a grieving saxophonist, is haunted by loss, unable to play the music that once gave him life. As he struggles to move on, Lydia—an...

A girl is transformed into space dust by a cosmic entity.

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

After a close friends suicide; Will, a Punk and Post-Punk musician living in the US is struggling with doubts about his relationship, his identity...

After discovering a mysterious camera that transports him into fleeting moments of the past, a grieving photography student attempts to rewrite a...

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...