Melancholy Movies

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...

Set to "The Rock" by Harry Chapin, a puppet village ignores the warnings of a young boy who insists that a massive rock on the hill above their town...

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...

When Isaac, a young teen struggling with his self-worth, finds a new identity as popular singer-songwriter Ace Duncan, in an unconscious attempt to...

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...

A portrait of a beach town at night

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

"While I'm Away" is a first-year student animated short. This short is about the sense of not fully belonging to one place, and missing the other...

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

Paloma is a young adult who finds herself living in automatic mode, following every imposed social norm, already working in an office and living...

A software professional ditches a day at work to discover poetry and finds stories in strangers walking at Connaught Place

A short film poem about transitioning to the next chapter of your life

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...

An experimental short film created for Year 12 VCE Media, exploring how different editing styles can accentuate vastly different atmospheres, even...

A boy who finished school and spends time at home, between routine and sleep, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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...