Melancholy Movies

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

A short film that answers the question asked in the title. A brief introspection.

A grieving young inventor finds solace in repairing an antique typewriter.

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...

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 cargo plane pilot is trapped alone with his ship in Earth's orbit due to a nuclear war. Until one day he finds a connection with someone else in...

A soldier in the Civil War suddenly finds himself out of place and out of time.

L'amour (love). La mort (death). Two French words that could confuse a foreigner, but never a native. Messenger V writes for a company that sends...

Burden of Existence is a meditative short film about loneliness, debt, poverty, gratitude, addiction, and the fragile ways what we reap sows back to...

Two people from different walks of life, both realize that laughter is good for the soul.

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,...

A short film that captures a relationship on the verge of collapse - between two people who couldn’t be more different. It explores...

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

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

The camera gets lost in the deserted streets and lonely reflections of the city lights. Without words, it captures the loneliness of souls who,...

A female poop emoji deals with the heartbreak of her dull life and is stuck fantasizing about what life could've been like with another partner.

A lonely and depressed young man decides to start beating up delinquents on the streets to cope with his sadness. People call him...