Movies: Melancholy

In a rainy afternoon drive, a man embarks on a journey through his memories. As he questions his faith, the line between past and present begins to blur, leading him into a maelstrom of fragmented images....

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A new-to-town carer forms an unlikely bond with her first patient, an elderly man with onset dementia, and together they find ways to reconcile with their pasts and help each other overcome their sense of loneliness....

Some words were left unspoken by two lovers before one of them departed. In desperation, one decided to go back in time to a specific moment in the past to achieve some sort of closure....

Anna is a 45 years old woman, living alone with her mother in the center of Tbilisi. One night, Anna's life takes a different turn, when at the concert, she sees the face of a woman in the crowd. How can one word change someone's life? How other's li...

This story follows Mauricio in his dilema between following his dream, the complicated relationship whit his family and the fight with his worst enemy. Himself....

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....

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

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...

Ale and her best friend Rubén, witness the brief sighting of a comet. She hangs on to the moment....

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

Saudade. (n.) an intense longing for someone or something that is absent. it's the mixture of feelings of loss, distance, and love. it's a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for that something you hold so dear. somethin...

Antoine is a 9-year-old autistic child. His perception of the world is both strange and wonderful. Her sister Emilie, in her teenage years, is seeking, not without difficulty, a balance between her family life and her life as a young girl. She is als...

'It's Alright Now' tells the story of how a childhood accident in 1968 changes the lives of three kids forever and creates an inseparable bond....

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 pregnant young couple gets into a car accident and state law prevents them from receiving the correct medical care....

Robert's entire life revolves around his passion: his job as a burglar. When a film crew wants to make a documentary about his daily life, he accepts without hesitation. But what facets of himself will Robert bring to the camera?...

Three best friends ditch their high school prom dance. The night that follows unravels their hidden and suppressed desires which cast a glimpse of the emotional bewilderment of a whole generation....

When an 80 year old intellectual is confronted with issues of old age and death, she reminisces the death of her mother that happened 30 years earlier. With dialogue inspired by Simone de Beauvoir mixed with contemporary dance, the cycle of life is e...

For 17 years, from the age of about six or seven, Kathy Chu keeps a diary. It's a complete fiction, denying disappointments (when her older sister doesn't want to spend time with her, Kathy invents and records a happy encounter) and rejections (she's...