Movies: Melancholy

A mentally unstable teen transforms himself into a clown to deal with and mask his own disturbing, nihilistic worldview and deteriorating mental health. the further the film continues, the more prominent his descent into madness becomes....

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 childhood, they break down how they perceive their spirituality and gender to intersect, and hope that ...

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A boy who finished school and spends time at home, between routine and sleep, during the COVID-19 pandemic....

Hiatos is a performance art video that treats melancholy as a colonial wound. Through performance and dance, it reveals perspectives of time, ancestry, body and death that intertwine possible paths of transcendence for this state of collective numbne...

A drama examining the romantic relationships of one man's life. Jumping from past to present, the story focuses on the highs and lows of four specific affairs, alternately revealing passion, humor, beauty, and truth....

An intimate portrait of Salt Lake City and its surroundings. Shot on 16mm film....

On a lonely night, revolting for sleep, Hari opened his old notes of melancholy. While writing the diary, he delves into his past and reopens all his childhood wounds. With amble sorrow and agony, he calls for a revolution of people who cannot sleep....

The lonely life of an artist, told through the music made under self-destructive circumstances. The Wide Open Project is an experimental visual album about the upcoming artist, Zinity. The film connects emotions, separated over three individually wri...

Anna is thinking of quitting sex work. She hears screaming from out the window....

The elderly first-class prosecutor Khalid Aliyarov loses his wife before retirement. For a 65-year-old man, this event becomes a serious life crisis. However, the head of the prosecutor's office asks him to support his colleague Govhar khanum in open...

A young mime struggles with financial hardships and attempts to find hope in their solitary life....

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

Two siblings who are completely different from each other are cleaning dishes as they argue about their differences only to realize that one of them has done something terrible that turns their life upside down....

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L'amour (love). La mort (death). Two French words that could confuse a foreigner, but never a native. Messenger V writes for a company that sends out both love letters and death sentences. After going into work one day, she finds out her assigned re...

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

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman attempts to reconnect to her late love through the piano....

A young girl named 'Clara' who suffers from social anxiety, depression, and having friends that left her behind meets 'Lucy', whose company is something Clara is needing out of someone to be able to come to terms with herself. But she discovers somet...

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 destroy it....