Melancholy Movies

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

A piece of visual poetry that shows the world seen through the eyes of a person in a constant state of anhedonia

Lola, a woman consumed by loneliness after losing everyone in her life, finds solace in reliving Christmas morning every day with her mannequin son,...

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...

ANA C. uses videoart and videoperformance to express the relationship between the marginalized poet Ana Cristina Cesar with art itself.

Based on actual events about the harsh realities of teenagers living life in a group home (where over 100,000 American juveniles live each year). The...

A boy looks for money to replace a watch that his father lost on a work trip. Searching the corners of the house, the truths of his parents will be...

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...

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...

After 50 years of marriage, Wayne, an octogenarian with Alzheimer's, seeks a forbidden love from his youth.

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...

A pleasant drive through a countryside is filled by melancholy as unpleasant memories surface.

The film tells the tragic life story of an actor named Farhad, who remains faithful to national values and deeply feels the pain of their loss....

An elderly piano teacher recently diagnosed with terminal cancer lives in fear of death. But her real fear is who will take care of her cat, her only...

This visually stunning short film set in the rural wheat belt of Western Australia, provides a candid insight into the life of Ronan, a 14 yr old boy...

Oliver, an elderly gardener with Alzheimer's, discovers a Super 8 film reel he recorded decades ago, during the early days of his relationship with...

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....

In the wake of a traumatic incident at a funeral, an aging widow is faced with a bizarre, impossible choice.

In wake of the Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost trade, a fan comes to terms with their new reality during a journey to the sea.