Melancholy Movies

A young witch in a modern magical world, refuses to let her beloved old cat die. Willing to do anything, she breaks magical laws to save him, but...

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

Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman who wakes up one morning to find himself turned into a giant insect. As he struggles to adapt to his new body, his...

A mentally unstable teen transforms himself into a clown to deal with and mask his own disturbing, nihilistic worldview and deteriorating mental...

Saudade. (n.) an intense longing for someone or something that is absent. it's the mixture of feelings of loss, distance, and love. it's a deep...

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,...

An orphaned teenager is visiting his parents’ grave - once a place of solace, now a reminder of his growing emptiness.

Zane finds solace in their time at church, a peace that is not always reciprocated by others in the community. With a pastor they have known since...

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

A beautiful place, the same old place. Shapes of blues and greens flow with grace, a feast of rêverie for the eye. Wind, water, sun, light, the...

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

A young woman revisits memories of her fiancé while silently coping with the distance that separates them. Amid routines that now feel...

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

An experimental short film born out of long nights spent somewhere else.

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...

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

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