Melancholy Movies

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...

L'amour (love). La mort (death). Two French words that could confuse a foreigner, but never a native. Messenger V writes for a company that sends...

First short film from Queens-based Filmmaker Shawn Solomon that captures various memories and moments across 2023.

A woman tries to stave off misgivings about her long-time boyfriend as she desperately attempts to recreate the best days of their relationship.

A young adult's first-hand account of "accidentally becoming human again" after, and with, trauma induced depression. Lo-fi, vulnerable, and uniquely...

A short film that captures a relationship on the verge of collapse - between two people who couldn’t be more different. It explores...

A young woman's look at herself through a dream

College sophomore Miles Stoops decides on a whim to make a movie with no clear direction, but is repeatedly distracted by JRPG monologues, a second...

After losing her grandfather when she was less than a year old, a now very conflicted teen must learn how to navigate her grief even though she...

COVID-19 made the world go into severe lockdowns. No one could see each other for months on end, but then in 2021, the lockdowns were removed and...

Burden of Existence is a meditative short film about loneliness, debt, poverty, gratitude, addiction, and the fragile ways what we reap sows back to...

A portrait of a beach town at night

On his death bed, a dying old man succumbs to an unspecified terminal illness. His mind polluted, as the symptoms pivot his stability, a series of...

After the End’ is a documentary film about the effect of loss in each of our lives. Following the stories of people who have each experienced...

Two people from different walks of life, both realize that laughter is good for the soul.