Melancholy Movies

Aurora and Bernardo are experiencing moments of happiness, but their joy is interrupted by the onset of war.

A young mime struggles with financial hardships and attempts to find hope in their solitary life.

A pregnant young couple gets into a car accident and state law prevents them from receiving the correct medical care.

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman attempts to reconnect to her late love through the piano.

An elderly piano teacher recently diagnosed with terminal cancer lives in fear of death. But her real fear is who will take care of her cat, her only...

Peach Plum Pear is the story of Jesse, a troubled young man from Los Angeles, and his friend Will, who find themselves stranded in small- town...

When my friend Whitney added me to her ABC’s of Quarantine Film Festival lineup in March, I was excited and then immediately thought about the...

"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...

After Peter Cercis faces months of writer’s block trying to write his latest story, he tries to look for motivation, as his "other half" quite...

Two long-time internet friends - Ted, the hometown artist, and Liz, a globe-hopping humanitarian. On the night of his gallery opening, on a river...

After a chance encounter with someone from his past, a solitary man in New York reflects on lost connections, memory, and the quiet ache of growing...

When Edie is caught kissing a girl at a church dance, it becomes a race to find her mother before her monstrous secret is revealed.

It all starts with a premonitory dream. A national paper reporter for a southern region of Azerbaijan, Karim lives his boring daily life. But...

Returning from Rome, Warsaw writer Wacław Kisielecki's car breaks down late one evening on a country road, forcing him and his chauffeur,...

Juno, a college freshman, is faced with her own personal melancholy of longing to reconnect with her best friend, Elizabeth.

Majid used to study philosophy when he lived in the Turkmen-speaking part of Afghanistan. Now he works on a construction site in northeastern Iran,...

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

A tribute to drag superstar, The Vivienne. Friends and family share touching stories of the RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner and her legacy. Her spirit...

Two sisters and their male counterparts struggle with the negative influences of their youths over a 50-year period.