Cannes Court Métrage 2019: The Short Films Selection

A look at the 11 short films competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or and the 17 films from the Cinéfondation

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The 72nd Cannes Film Festival has announced the lineup of Cannes Court Métrage 2019. The programme features 11 short films (9 works of fictions, 1 documentary and 1 animation), from Albania, Argentina, France, Finland, Greece, Israel, Ukraine, Sweden and USA. The selection committee has viewed 4240 shorts. High-profile films in the lineup include The Nap…

Apr 19, 2019

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MiMo – Milano Mobile Film Festival: How to Make a Short on Your Smartphone

The second edition of the mobile festival will end on June 8-9 and the winners will be awarded with... a personalized plant!

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MiMo – Milano Mobile Film Festival is the first mobile festival in Italy. It takes place in the inspiring setting of the historic center of Milan and it’s dedicated to works – videos and photos – made exclusively with mobile devices as smartphones, tablets, action cameras, and drones. As the French counterpart Mobile Film Festival,…

Apr 17, 2019

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The Short Films of Agnès Varda

An overview of some of the French New Wave filmmaker's most remarkable short films

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Probably one of the most remarkable traits of Agnès Varda’s filmography is that she never cared too much for the format of her films. She really wasn’t big on conventions. She once said: “Not even the least important of the painters or the writers have someone imposing to them the measure of their canvas, nor…

Apr 14, 2019

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Jimmy Page: An Animated Short Film Chronicles The Story Behind Led Zeppelin Guitar

The 1959 Fender Telecaster was a gift from Jeff Beck and now Page shares the psychedelic story of that instrument

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Jimmy Page without his Fender Telecaster is like Thor without his hammer Mjöllnir. The history of this magical instrument has become an animated short film, made by Fender in collaboration with the Led Zeppelin guitarist. The short, directed by Smith & Foulkes (the London-based duo behind the Oscar-nominated This Way Up), is voice narrated by…

Apr 10, 2019

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Cortisonici 2019: What A Hell Of A Festival

On the occasion of the 16th edition (Varese, April 9-13), we propose the best short films of the previous editions

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Cortisonici 2019 is a hell of a festival. This is how the artistic direction of the event presents its 16th edition, in Varese from 9 to 13 April. The reason is simple: this year’s focus (titled A sangue fresco, ie In Fresh Blood) is on contemporary horror. The showcase features the Japanese horror comedy One…

Apr 5, 2019

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Oscar Nominated Short Films 2019: How to Watch 7 of 15 Right Now

The Academy unveiled its 2019 Oscar nominations: some films in the Shorts categories are easy to see

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The 91st Oscar nominations were announced this morning in a presentation by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. We’re pleased to highlight for you 7 of 15 nominated shorts (Live Action, Documentary, Animated) that are online and available for you to watch from the comfort of home before the ceremony. Best Live Action Short…

Jan 23, 2019

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A look at the 11 short films competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or and the 17 films from the Cinéfondation

The second edition of the mobile festival will end on June 8-9 and the winners will be awarded with... a personalized plant!

An overview of some of the French New Wave filmmaker's most remarkable short films

The 1959 Fender Telecaster was a gift from Jeff Beck and now Page shares the psychedelic story of that instrument

On the occasion of the 16th edition (Varese, April 9-13), we propose the best short films of the previous editions

The Academy unveiled its 2019 Oscar nominations: some films in the Shorts categories are easy to see

On Replay

Snow White Cologne – by Amanda Eliasson

The story of an addiction in form of acrylic paint on paper and experimental cut-up technique inspired by William S. Burroughs

Mute

In a world where people are born without a mouth, a gory accident leads to a discovery that will change their lives forever.

Fighting the Ebola Outbreak, Street by Street.

The New York Times' shortdoc on Ebola's outbreak in Liberia, redefines the boundaries between news and narrative.

59th San Francisco Film Festival: 15 days of films

From April 21 to May 5, 175 films from 46 countries at the longest-running film festival in America

Henna Night

Love and death, tradition and diversity clash against each other in this intense short by Sally El Hosaini.

Sunday – by Patrick Doyon

An animation that brings the unexpected in an ordinary family lunch

Meanwhile

Four characters are lost in their own worlds in an nameless city, but an event will reveal their intimate connection.

Black Metal – by Kat Candler

The lead singer of a black metal band dealing with guilt and sorrow: if an artist's work is used for unintended purposes, is the artist partially responsible?

Adam and Eve Raised Cain – by Francesco Erba

A poetic yet disturbing stop motion horror short film

We Will Live Again

Stripped of their blood, filled with antifreeze liquid, and frozen: a looks inside the unusual and extraordinary operations of the Cryonics Institute.

Next Floor

During an opulent and luxurious banquet, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage.

Online Preview: The Snake

A night chase where "nothing is as it seems", in this award-winning Italian thriller.

Semáforo (Stop Light)

Under a Colombian city stoplight, a formidable circus act becomes a terrifying freak show.

Fear of Flying

It's time to migrate south, but Dougal is afraid of flying. The tragicomic adventure of a bird and its phobias.

1500 Words – by Andrew Chaplin

What would you do if you went to the doctors and discovered that you only had 1500 words left to live?

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2014

In its 60th anniversary, Oberhausen sets out to discover a "cinema without film" between experimentation, memory and absence.

Sniffer

In a not so distant future, the absence of gravity complicates the everyday life, but for true dreamers it could also be a way to escape it all.

Duku Spacemarines

An incredible adventure of underground fights, angry hackers and alien invasions.

Echo

People, animals and buildings create a visual echo in this surreal and atmospheric animation.

Crush

The search for the perfect armchair becomes a reflection on love and relationships.

Panorama – by Gianluca Abbate

A polis stretches away over an infinite global space with no more uninhabited places nor frontiers

Solus – by R. Bersot, C. Dellerie, M. Larue, T. Rodriguez

Everyone defends himself from reality: a story about loneliness and survival in CGI

Caveirão

Every night, time stops for a moment in Sao Paolo, and ghosts and mosters of all kinds dance and play music on the city's deserted streets.

Floor 9.5 – by Toby Meakins

Are we really willing to help those who ask us for help? A Kafkaesque horror about modern working life