Melancholy Movies

An intimate portrait of Salt Lake City and its surroundings. Shot on 16mm film.

A young boy sees his brother’s ghost return from the dead to help him overcome his mourning.

An experimental coming-of-age odyssey through someone's troubled mind, going from country to country, landscape to landscape, growing up in the...

A young doctor has a promising career in São Paulo, but the diagnosis of a serious illness profoundly changes her relationship with the world...

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...

A mentally unstable teen transforms himself into a clown to deal with and mask his own disturbing, nihilistic worldview and deteriorating mental...

By letting go of the urge to control and embracing the unexpected, the creative process finds a new pulse. Thus, Gut Knows What Mind Does Not...

An orphaned teenager is visiting his parents’ grave - once a place of solace, now a reminder of his growing emptiness.

Hiatos is a performance art video that treats melancholy as a colonial wound. Through performance and dance, it reveals perspectives of time,...

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

A short put together through old home videos on a camcorder of my childhood.

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

Angus, a lonely grocery store worker, finds an unlikely friend in a lobster after working a long night shift.

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...

Angella develops a rare psychological disorder called trichotillomania, until, through alternative therapy, she discovers that the cause of her...

When strange entries begin appearing in her diary written in handwriting that isn't hers, new student Evie Quinn is pulled into a chilling mystery as...

Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman who wakes up one morning to find himself turned into a giant insect. As he struggles to adapt to his new body, his...