Melancholy Movies

After the death of his father, Bo goes in search of money buried at a local sawmill while his mother Anna explores a new friendship with his teacher.

Just after stealing the urn containing the ashes of her deceased lover, Paloma, a drag queen, meets Mike, a quiet and gloomy trucker.

A couple, Vlad and Sophy, navigate their relationship as well as their own struggles with mental health in the context of a highly connected,...

When a mother and son with a caustic history reunite to pack-up their old house, sparks fly as long-buried secrets are revealed, and it might fall...

A documentary on three families struggling to survive in Brazil.

Dangling from a high window, a young non-binary person is on the cusp of life and death. Flashes of film, literature, art (paintings) and cultural...

Sent spiraling after the unexpected discovery of his girlfriend's suicide, Liam sifts through the memories of their relationship that he now must...

On the eve of a major life change, Abby sorts through memories, unfinished conversations, and the pieces of a friendship strained by ambition. As...

Once a dream wove a shade, and pitying I dropped a tear. But I saw lights near, that light the ground while the soul wanders.

An intimate portrait of Salt Lake City and its surroundings. Shot on 16mm film.

In the wake of Glasgow’s rapid deindustrialization and economic decline in the 90s, a young Fraser falls victim to knife crime and is indelibly...

After receiving a phone call, a man feels his inner world come to a standstill. Recalling the event decades later, he relives how everything changed...

A piece of visual poetry that shows the world seen through the eyes of a person in a constant state of anhedonia

Collaboration with Amadou, who also produced the soundtrack.

"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...

Nestor is a boy immersed in melancholy. In an attempt to forget an old love, he begins a relationship with Isabel, an android.

Two former college friends randomly reconnect at a coffee shop during a long winter night. As the night progresses, past events and emotions slowly...

A pleasant drive through a countryside is filled by melancholy as unpleasant memories surface.

Sonder is a trilingual (in English, Hindi, and Punjabi) mood piece about the ordinariness of life. It is a celebration of the seemingly simple,...