Melancholy Movies

Five short documental scenes by different directors, each showing their different interpretations of "silence."

Short film about a unique girl who was once a talented piano player turned idol, but one day she quietly vanished. Since then, no one has known her...

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...

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...

A teenage girl dealing with the loss of her mother, navigating the five stages of grief, when suddenly her doppelganger appears. Throughout her...

A documentary that focuses on the effects that alcohol has on someone's honesty, performativity and behaviour; Anyone's candid and composed exterior...

A bolstering eruption of chaos and boyhood; an exploration of the human body and how it interacts with the soul.

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

A young woman spends her afternoons reminiscing about happier days. Her routine is interrupted by an invitation that promises to renew her strength.

On his death bed, a dying old man succumbs to an unspecified terminal illness. His mind polluted, as the symptoms pivots his stability, a series of...

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

You are homehead. You live in a home that looks like your head. But you are not weird.

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

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

A young woman's look at herself through a dream

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

A wandering girl, immersed in nostalgia, seeks explanations for the ephemeral through an introspective conversation within a scandalous city.

A portrait of a beach town at night