Melancholy Movies

A César nominated short animation about the impact on a small-town clerk by the arrival of a female hitch-hiker.

A kaleidoscopic exploration of found objects that express deeper human emotion.

A young couple in their twenties is confronted with the fear of monotony in their daily lives.

As Mio goes on a journey to Loveland to find closure, an incident occurs, giving him new hope for his heart to shine again. A story about the...

Set in the 1930s, two siblings use their imaginations as a coping mechanism to come to terms with their mother's mysterious disappearance.

Set in northern Kerala, the film narrates the journey of Alice in search of her missing husband, a college lecturer. During her quest, she slowly...

"At that time (late 1992), I made a film for British television, Channel 4, called Las Soledades, the name of a long poem by Góngora. It was...

An experimental short film born out of long nights spent somewhere else.

Aurora and Bernardo are experiencing moments of happiness, but their joy is interrupted by the onset of war.

Alys is a neurodivergent young film student who identifies with the bass, an instrument that, like her, holds everything together from the background...

While walking through the woods at dusk, a man makes a disturbing discovery.

Hozumi is a widower. He meets the Kondos at a bar, and is intrigued when they make a wish before drinking their hoppy cocktails. Hozumi decides to...

Nikolay, a young farm worker, is seen as different by other village people. He doesn't drink vodka and seems a bit odd. After returning from an...

A cargo plane pilot is trapped alone with his ship in Earth's orbit due to a nuclear war. Until one day he finds a connection with someone else in...

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

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 cynical loner joins a handsome rogue on a drug enhanced odyssey to meet the devil.