Melancholy Movies

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

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 Oklahoma City on August 12, 2045, at 1:27 PM, a mysterious celestial body referred to as ‘The Eclipse’ arrived on Earth and destroyed...

A software professional ditches a day at work to discover poetry and finds stories in strangers walking at Connaught Place

At once surreal and poignant, this semi-autobiographical film by American director John Dilworth (Courage the Cowardly Dog) chronicles a turning...

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

"While I'm Away" is a first-year student animated short. This short is about the sense of not fully belonging to one place, and missing the other...

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

On the eve of a major life change, Abby sorts through memories, unfinished conversations, and the pieces of a friendship strained by ambition. As...

After losing her grandfather when she was less than a year old, a now very conflicted teen must learn how to navigate her grief even though she...

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

After the End’ is a documentary film about the effect of loss in each of our lives. Following the stories of people who have each experienced...

The Fenestration of Suburbia is a melancholic social documentation of a cold Canadian suburb.

One man's struggle with a repetitive daily routine prompts an inner monologue on the value of memories and time.

Set during the turbulent shift from silent to sound, this film intertwines the lives of a struggling filmmaker and a solitary fisherman. A meditation...

Five short documental scenes by different directors, each showing their different interpretations of "silence."

College sophomore Miles Stoops decides on a whim to make a movie with no clear direction, but is repeatedly distracted by JRPG monologues, a second...