Melancholy Movies

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...

A frustrated young man, who suffers from alcohol addiction finds an abandoned plant on a sidewalk. He starts to take care after the plant and without...

Mr. Königsberg is the owner of a small paper business. Despite a satisfying life, he is haunted by a vague melancholy and suffers from a...

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

Collaboration with Amadou, who also produced the soundtrack.

Jacob & Amelia grapple with the loss of their unborn child.

A man steadily bashes through the snow. He disappears and the trees, covered in white, shift and show a beautiful array of hidden colors. A poetic,...

As the sun begins its descent, time seems to stand still.

A boy looks for money to replace a watch that his father lost on a work trip. Searching the corners of the house, the truths of his parents will be...

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

One man's struggle with a repetitive daily routine prompts an inner monologue on the value of memories and time.

A young girl, Goose, learns a hard lesson about life after meeting two kids in her neighborhood.

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...

"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...

In the mid-20th century, in a forested valley between Italy and Yugoslavia, a stingy widower befriends a young woman and helps her depart across the...

A kitten and a young boy live in a small fisherman's hut. The boy's father calls him Little Hawk. The threesome are poor but happy, and the father...

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 woman returning home to her daily routine and solitary life starts getting lost in daydreams. Through flowing imagery and a home movie aesthetic,...

Some words were left unspoken by two lovers before one of them departed. In desperation, one decided to go back in time to a specific moment in the...