Tag

Sad

61–80 of 392 films

  • The Surrogate

    2020 Adults 6 min

    by Stas Santimov

    A man destroys the nest of an unknown creature, but it’s not the most horrible darkness he will meet that night.

    • Horror
    • Drama
    • Experimental
  • The Stranger In My Head

    2017 Adults 4 min

    by Petra Balekić

    A short animated film that puts the main focus on the instability of memory.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • The Strawberry Soup

    2013 16+ 6 min

    by Sylwia Szkiladz, Sylwia Szkiłądź

    One mouthful of the strawberry soup prepared by grandmother is enough to ignite a wave of memories and make an entire village talk. This little tale like film is a tribute to the place where the creator grew up as a child (Podlasie, Poland).

    • Drama
    • Experimental
  • The Storm

    2019 16+ 6 min

    by Astrid Guinet

    While a storm builds, a sad woman clings on to her spoon and lets the deluge slowly flood her spirit.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
  • The Steinway

    2016 16+ 18 min

    by Massimo Ottoni

    During WWI a group of Austrian soldiers on the Italian front find a piano in a ruin. The instrument catalyse most human feelings but the meaningless barbarity they try to forget is always ready to burst.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Experimental
  • The Song of a Lost Boy

    2021 16+ 10 min

    by Daniel Quirke

    Ben, a young choir boy who, after his voice breaks mid solo, has a crisis of faith, decides to run away from his community. He happens upon a group of nomads who take him in, though Ben hides the secret about who he really is, and must decide what to do with it.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • The Shadow of the Sun

    2019 16+ 8 min

    by Ido Hartmann

    7 years ago Boaz has cut all ties with his parents, brother & sister, his friends, and his previous world. The film tracks the story of his disappearance and embarks in a surreal journey into the memories he left with his family.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Tragedy
  • The Sea Within The Room

    2019 16+ 4 min

    by Fang-Yi HSUEH

    The girl left home with her luggage and got on the desolate train. During the trip, she took off her clothes one after another. Finally, she arrived at the lively beach. Looking at the vast sea, she smiled. However, her father’s hand dragged her back to reality.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • The Renter

    2011 Adults 10 min

    by Jason Carpenter

    A young boy is dropped off at an elderly woman’s home for the day. A lone man, who rents a room, adds to the unsettling atmosphere.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
  • The Raft

    2005 16+ 9 min

    by Jan Thüring

    Two starved and exhausted castaways are lost at sea, when a seagull drops a fish to their raft. This is the moment to see what the real friendship is!

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • The Pride of Strathmoor

    2014 Adults 9 min

    by Einar Baldvin

    Extracts from the journal of Pastor John Deitman, Strathmoor, Georgia. June and July, 1927.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Tragedy
  • The Present

    2013 Adults 15 min

    by Joe Hsieh

    A married man on a business trip checks into a hotel. The hotel manager’s daughter falls for him at first sight. Rejected by the man, she embarks on a journey of revenge.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Experimental
  • The Physics of Sorrow

    2019 Adults 27 min

    by Theodore Ushev

    The Physics of Sorrow is a potent portrait of a dislocated generation struggling to find home as they shift through everchanging personal and geographic landscapes.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Bio-pic
  • The Papers

    2013 Adults 9 min

    by Kalle Kotila

    Experiential and somewhat dark in humour, this short takes a slanted look at modern work routines and life in the office. We see two neighbours work in the same open-plan office. One loves order, the other is a hedonistic slacker. What happens when these two extreme opposites find themselves on a collision course, time after time?

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • by Thomas “TomSka” Ridgewell

    The music video follows an anthropomorphic muffin character who energetically sings about “muffin time” with darkly humorous lyrics about wanting to die.

    • Music video
  • The Lost Letter

    2016 7+ 8 min

    by Kealan O’Rourke

    The tale of a young boy whose love for Christmas is not dampened by his mean spirited neighbour, who doesn’t want the holiday to come at all.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Family
  • The Lost Mariner

    2014 16+ 6 min

    by Tess Martin

    An animated interpretation of Dr. Oliver Sacks’ case study found in his book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. It uses photographs to visualize the rare memory condition of the patient Jimmie G.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • The Last Song On Earth

    2022 16+ 3 min

    by Gaia Alari

    How would it be if you had one last song to sing before the world collapsed?

    • Drama
    • Music Videos
    • Experimental
    • Musical
  • The Last Leaf

    2016 7+ 6 min

    by Olya Golubeva

    A short animated film telling a story of a little leaf who dreams big!

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
  • The Last Station

    1978 16+ 5 min

    by Pavao Štalter

    The light signal of a secondary railway station stops the composition of the night train. The railwayman checks the correctness of the axles by tapping on the wheels. All the passengers are asleep, respond to knocking, but do not wake up. Only the passengers in the most elegant part of the train, in the sleeping cars, get upset. They are energetically demanding that the railwayman who taps the wheels with a hammer be driven away. When the train officials do this, the composition starts. Due to a faulty axle on the sleeping car, the train falls into a ravine at one turn.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy