Movies: Melancholy

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

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

An experimental coming-of-age odyssey through someone's troubled mind, going from country to country, landscape to landscape, growing up in the process. A documentary, travelogue, vlog, dream and self-portrait. A reflection on life, death and history...

Angus, a lonely grocery store worker, finds an unlikely friend in a lobster after working a long night shift....

Elena is on a mission to finish a list of things that might bring her happiness. In her ongoing quest, she might need a change of perspective....

A portrait of the performance artists in colorful clothes and painted faces whom have transitioned from a symbol for joy and laughter, to horror and terror, to melancholy and sadness....

A beautiful place, the same old place. Shapes of blues and greens flow with grace, a feast of rêverie for the eye. Wind, water, sun, light, the world dances with the mind. Peace and melancholy sing as everything flows and goes. Choking on comfort, l...

A young man returns to a place that no longer feels like home. Along the way, old melodies echo through memories he can’t outrun....

Months after the unexpected death of his wife, an embittered, middle-aged painter flees to a cabin in rural New England where her presence, and more, waits for him....

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 Understand aims to celebrate what emerges when we trust our intuition and the experiences the world offers u...

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

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 fictional town of Navkot, a father and daughter, Ardaas and Baani, wait for the return of Harman, their wife,...

A young woman's look at herself through a dream...

A bleak Christmas Eve. All alone in a pub, sits Arthur silent and contemplative. The winter wind spills through cracks in the wall, whistling through, bringing in with it memories, with that despairs, harsh truths, and familiar faces....

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

Apocalypse now re-interpreted...

A female poop emoji deals with the heartbreak of her dull life and is stuck fantasizing about what life could've been like with another partner....

When my friend Whitney added me to her ABC’s of Quarantine Film Festival lineup in March, I was excited and then immediately thought about the things I didn’t have: a camera, sound equipment, access to other people, fancy skills or experience “like e...

Jacob & Amelia grapple with the loss of their unborn child....