Melancholy Movies

By letting go of the urge to control and embracing the unexpected, the creative process finds a new pulse. Thus, Gut Knows What Mind Does Not...

When planets across the universe begin to shatter themselves, aliens begin escaping towards Earth. To fight back against these dangerous aliens, the...

Paloma is a young adult who finds herself living in automatic mode, following every imposed social norm, already working in an office and living...

As the winter grows harsh, a woman pens a letter to a lover who has yet to write back.

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...

Mikey Cullen reflects on his relationship with his grandfather Harry; a hardworking, rough yet regal stoic who, like many Irishmen, found solace in a...

A bolstering eruption of chaos and boyhood; an exploration of the human body and how it interacts with the soul.

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...

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

Alone on a desolate planet, a crash-landed astronaut wanders the wasteland, searching for hope as his oxygen depletes.

Robert's entire life revolves around his passion: his job as a burglar. When a film crew wants to make a documentary about his daily life, he accepts...

After receiving a phone call, a man feels his inner world come to a standstill. Recalling the event decades later, he relives how everything changed...

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...

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

A young boy searches for the meaning of life, but instead must learn to cope with issues much greater than himself.

A short film that captures a relationship on the verge of collapse - between two people who couldn’t be more different. It explores...