Guilt – by Moisés Aisemberg

"Dulce Doror" director offers us a short film about sexual impulses in adolescence and child abuse

15 – 20 | 2018 | Childhood | Drama | Live-Action | Mexico

Moisés Aisemberg was able to make Guilt (La culpa), a short film about sexual impulses in adolescence, repression and child abuse, a meager, precise, and very tough film, like a documentary. Author of Dulce Dolor, an intriguing short about the need to be honest with oneself, the Mexican helmer directs another rigorous and incisive short,…

Online Premiere: Child Love by Giulio Donato

A kid courts a girl with small gestures, but it is a love that goes beyond space-time and becomes an allegory of the cycle of life

10 – 15 | 2017 | Dramedy | Italy | Live-Action | Love

At a summer camp all the kids behave in a strange way, very little actively. A boy falls in love with a girl and courts her with small gestures. After a run towards her, the kid feels sick and falls to the ground. Then we find out, travelling through all the scene again, that the…

A Guide to Feminist Porn in 15 Short Films

If you are curious about what feminist porn exactly is and how it works but you have no idea where to start, here is a small guide in 15 short films

“The answer to bad porn isn’t no porn – it’s to try and make better porn,” Annie Sprinkle said. Even better if it’s feminist porn, which is to seek beauty, realism and sex positivity in porn and to care about the performer’s welfare. There are so many women who struggle with the idea of porn…

Concorto Film Festival 2019: the Italian Fefreshing Oasis of Short Films

From August 17th to 24th in Pontenure (Piacenza), in the suggestive location of Parco Raggio, the 18th edition of the event: 51 shorts in competition, focus, workshops and lots of music

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Concorto Film Festival 2019 does not disappoint. The Italian event (from August 17th to August 24th in Pontenure, part of the province of Piacenza) has itself become a reference in the genre over time. The 18th edition is no exception with its impressive numbers: 51 short films in competition, 2 geographical focuses (Russia and Portugal),…

Distortion – by Grégory Papinutto

A weird, disturbing and terrifying slasher about mind-altering mutations

10 – 15 | 2018 | France | Horror | Live-Action | Madness

Distortion by Grégory Papinutto is a solemn story of an ambitious struggle to survive. The French writer/director has crafted a slasher and terrifying tale of paranoia, mind-warping effects, and identity. This short film, about an evil friendship, sees a group of childhood friends who descend on an old abandoned house to party hard. When the…