Melancholy Movies

The City That God Forgot is a full feature length documentary film about the city of Utica, NY, and its strong willed community and extensive history...

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

A young woman revisits memories of her fiancé while silently coping with the distance that separates them. Amid routines that now feel...

Anna is thinking of quitting sex work. She hears screaming from out the window.

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 camera test that gains a new meaning with context.

Strangers revolve around a solitary photographer who captures portraits of unknown individuals by confining himself inside a photo booth. However,...

On the last days of his life, while succumbing to alcoholism in a hospital, famed writer Lima Barreto chronicles his trajectory story as a black,...

A Documentary about bird carving in the islands of Virginia.

A young boy searches for the meaning of life, but instead must learn to cope with issues much greater than himself.

A relentless detective inches closer to exposing the Marciano crime family — but when corruption, betrayal, and a deadly bribe collide, Martin...

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

After a freak accident leaves a young man in a surreal limbo, he must team up with a talking puppet to map a mysterious island from fragments of...

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...

A man who spends his nights offering emotional support struggles to confront his own inner life by day. Aspiring to be a writer, he drifts through...

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...