Melancholy Movies

A man vents about his unraveling life to his best friend, unaware that the truth of their conversation extends far beyond his own perspective.

Set in 1948, a year after independence, Gajar Ka Halwa is a deeply personal tale of love, loss, and the invisible scars of Partition. In the...

A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Romani girl and a fairy tale world she weaves amidst conflict in Gaza. The children explore...

A boy lost in grief finds himself trapped in the quiet chaos of his own mind, seeking refuge and release through art and music.

A director and his actress go to the Cannes Film Festival, looking for money to finance a movie they wrote. But an unexpected incident will disturb...

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...

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...

After a midnight car crash, two strangers find themselves waiting for an answer inside a hospital. They end up bonding over their mutual dreadful...

A young boy searches for the meaning of life, but instead must learn to cope with issues much greater than himself.

Music as a counter-project to a bourgeois existence: Musicians, club and label operators, record store owners and other music lovers talk about how,...

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...

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

It’s a central premise of the American dream: If you’re willing to work hard, you’ll be able to make a living and build a better...

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

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...

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...

A lonely tube sock abandoned in a laundromat struggles with grief while searching the streets of Los Angeles for his other half.

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...