HollyShorts Film Festival 2020 Starts the Race to the Oscars

The Oscar-qualifying festival to showcase 418 short films with 128 international projects from 36 countries

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The organizers behind the 16th edition of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival have unveiled this year’s official lineup. 418 short films have been selected with 128 international short films coming from 36 countries. For its Sweet 16, HollyShorts will take place primarily virtually via the festival’s proprietary streaming platform Bitpix from November 9-15, 2020. HollyShorts…

Nov 7, 2020

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Concorto Film Festival Unveils 2020 Live Programme

From 22 to 29 August the most anticipated short film festival in Italy is back: here's the official line-up

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“The human ability to imagine is related to the vision procedure and only by imagining it will be possible to see and realize a future more just for us and for the planet on which we live.” This is the mission of Concorto Film Festival, the event that has animated the Emilian summer since 2002…

Aug 1, 2020

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The White Wall Gives Asbestos Warriors a Voice

Exclusively on Good Short Films, the trailer for the upcoming short film by Andrea Brusa and Marco Scotuzzi, selected at Clermont-Ferrand 2020

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A story of grief, based on sadly true events, to report the incurable disease of asbestos, ending with a “surreal, almost dreamlike” twist. The White Wall is the new short film directed by Andrea Brusa and Marco Scotuzzi, and explores the people and lives dealing with the impact of the killing fiber. The short is…

Jan 31, 2020

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Lago Film Fest 2020, The Woodstock Of Short Films Wants You

From 24 July to 1 August, Revine Lago is taken over by Italy's biggest short films party: the call is open

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Nine days of screenings, premieres, events, concerts, workshops, artistic performances and meetings. This year (from 24 July to 1 August, 2020) marks the sixteenth edition of Lago Film Fest, the International Festival of Independent Cinema. There is nothing to do: Lago with its programme confirms as a an absolute godsend for fans of short and…

Jan 25, 2020

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Angie Rowntree, the Rebel of Feminist Porn: “Pleasure Empowers Us, It Humanizes Us”

We met the founder of Sssh.com, who tells us her way to represent sexuality and her last two films.

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Continuing our journey into the world of feminist porn and its short films. This time our coverage of sexuality representation far from the mainstream shores gets us onto Sssh.com, the oldest feminist porn site on the web having started in 1999. Founder and director Angie Rowntree has spoken at SXSW with Shine Louise Houston (CrashPad…

Nov 1, 2019

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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),…

Aug 3, 2019

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The Oscar-qualifying festival to showcase 418 short films with 128 international projects from 36 countries

From 22 to 29 August the most anticipated short film festival in Italy is back: here's the official line-up

Exclusively on Good Short Films, the trailer for the upcoming short film by Andrea Brusa and Marco Scotuzzi, selected at Clermont-Ferrand 2020

From 24 July to 1 August, Revine Lago is taken over by Italy's biggest short films party: the call is open

We met the founder of Sssh.com, who tells us her way to represent sexuality and her last two 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

On Replay

Hyper-Reality – by Keiichi Matsuda

The Anglo-Japanese director describes a daily world dominated by technology

Come Swim – by Kristen Stewart

The fallacies of nowadays, namely the short film written and directed by Kristen Stewart, best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga

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?

Journal Animé – by Donato Sansone

The images on the pages of Libération come to life and pass the printed events in the Italian short which collected a César nomination

Bear – by Pascal Floerks

A mysterious and personal story about the director's grandfather

Like – by Garrett Bradley

A glimpse into the "click-farms" of Bangladesh, where workers are paid to "like" Facebook pages

Random Stop

A gripping first person POV reenactment of the tragic last moments of the life of a police officer.

021 Capalbio | GSF’s Exclusive Showcase

Watch a selection of some of the the best shorts from the various sections of the 021 Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Fest until August 31st.

The Story of 90 Coins – by Michael Wong

A genre film about gender roles, and the experience of love through promise, misunderstanding and regret.

Adrift

Misty Landscapes.

FOCUS ON: Tamar Rudoy

Interview with the Israeli director of Daughter of the Bride, premiered at Cannes 2016 Directors' Fortnight

Code 8 – by Jeff Chan

Reality and fiction are melting in Code 8, your next sci-fi cult.

Online Premiere: Mario de Marcella – Il Solengo

The incredible story of a solitary man living in the Vejano forest in the heart of Italy.

Spirit of Berlin (July 1945)

An exceptional montage of the semi-destroyed city made with rare archival materials, in colors and HD.

Borrowed Time – by Andrew Coats & Lou Hamou-Lhadj

American animation comes out of its comfort zone and tells the drama

The Provider

Black comedy, horror, dystopia and science fiction come together in Brianne Nord-Stewart's short.

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

Sundance 2018: 4 Online Shorts You Can Watch Now

Let's dispel the myth that "if you post your short online, you are blown for A-list festivals"

Why we believe in shorts

A recent New Yorker article highlights the renewed interest for the short film art and its importance contemporary's cinema.

From Dad to Son – by Nils Knoblich

Son's love... in papercraft

Suspend Belief

A meta-filmic rom-com suspended between reality and fiction.

The Eagleman Stag

An innovative and staggeringly beautiful stop motion story about life and the passage of time. Best Animation at BAFTA 2011.

Memories of Papé, the short film by Nicolas Polixene

The private diary by French director of Martinique descent

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