Medicine for Melancholy
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Sep 1, 2026
Matt NegliaHOST
And for us, we have Charlie Kaufman for Synecdoche, New York, Mark McDonough for Embruce, Steve McQueen for Hunger, and Nicholas Stoller for Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Matt NegliaHOST
But we also threw in Barry Jenkins for Medicine for Melancholy.
Nadia DalimontePANELIST
Nice.
Daniel HowatPANELIST
I'm just happy that Nicholas Stoller is here.
20 MINS LATER
Matt NegliaHOST
And the way that these work is for overlooked film, you just need to not have received an Oscar nomination in 2008 to be in this category.
Matt NegliaHOST
The community said Grant Reno, Hunger, Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, Synecdoche and New York, and Wendy and Lucy.
Matt NegliaHOST
And we said The Fall, Mamma Mia!, Medicine for Melancholy, Sendecky, New York, and Wendy and Lucy.
Daniel HowatPANELIST
I do think it's funny that we nominated Mamma Mia in Best Overlooked Film.
Barry JenkinsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was my first year at the festival as part of the student symposium.
Barry JenkinsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And it was maybe a few years later, I made a really small, low-budget film called Medicine for Melancholy about San Francisco.
Barry JenkinsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's like, why didn't you send it to us? I was like, oh, no, it's not a Telluride film.
Barry JenkinsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's like, you don't know that.