Melancholy Movies

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

The lonely life of an artist, told through the music made under self-destructive circumstances. The Wide Open Project is an experimental visual album...

Phone and video camera footage of Jane's lonely family trip to Europe. Takes place months before certain events take place.

A young girl returns home to an empty apartment. She gets invited on a date but she has to finish her chores first. This would be very easy for her,...

The Fenestration of Suburbia is a melancholic social documentation of a cold Canadian suburb.

Two estranged childhood friends, Henry and Carter, reconnect in their early twenties for a final, turbulent canoe trip.

A female poop emoji deals with the heartbreak of her dull life and is stuck fantasizing about what life could've been like with another partner.

A woman returning home to her daily routine and solitary life starts getting lost in daydreams. Through flowing imagery and a home movie aesthetic,...

In 'Quédate' we meet Ana, a young prostitute, who has a disturbing encounter with Manuel, a lonely man who seeks consolation for a painful...

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

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...

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...

An exploration of the human psyche, Blue takes the viewer on a journey alongside its main character, through the mundanity of life itself, while he...

A young woman's look at herself through a dream

A camera test that gains a new meaning with context.

After a tragic loss shatters her family, Mia battles grief and turmoil, forced to choose between escaping the past or succumbing to it.

In 2016, Aekaphong’s uncle was murdered in his house alongside his wife. A year later, Aekaphong returns to his hometown to investigate the...