Melancholy Movies

A girl sleeps in on her day off and discuss her thoughts and feelings with an unlikely friend.

Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and...

Three high school students deal with mental health struggles throughout the school day before Thanksgiving.

After struggling and finally conceiving a child, Roxy and Vinnie Ventola, a successful television writing couple, learns that their newborn has AIDS....

After feeling that he does not belong to the world around him, he withdraws into himself in an inner world in which he lives through books and...

There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway has become the de facto glue...

In the shimmering heat of Brazil, 13-year-old Irene discovers a dark secret her father's been hiding: he has another family and even another daughter...

Ramin flees from persecution in Iran and ends up living in the limbo of exile, far from everything he knows, in the tropical port town of Veracruz,...

Collaboration with Amadou, who also produced the soundtrack.

Elena is on a mission to finish a list of things that might bring her happiness. In her ongoing quest, she might need a change of perspective.

In order to recreate a picture taken in 1974, during the inauguration of São Paulo subway, Pedro meets two school friends he had not seen for...

A moving comedy-drama about the love, identity and courage of the LGBTQ community during the first walk towards Gay Pride in 1950s England. Based on...

In 2027, when the Preservation Act forbids 20% of citizens from having sex, fugitive lovers Peter and Laura hide in a rundown motel, torn between...

An incoherent film diary.

"Terry" tells the story of 21-year old amputee Terry Fox who attempted to run across Canada with only one leg. Unfortunately, he only made it to...

"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...

Disfigured WWII veteran Garnet Montrose returns from Guadacanal and enlists a drifter to court his former sweetheart through letters, leading to a...

Do you believe in love after death? On the eve of her 19th birthday, Mizuki (Kuriyama) doesn't have a lot to celebrate about. Her mother recently...

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...

Casey, a country lad running from a small-town scandal, finds himself down and out in big city Sydney. When he meets city lad Tib both men find...