Focus On: Federica Gianni, Director of Primo and The Friend from Tel Aviv

At MedFilm Festival, we met Federica Gianni, who told us about her short films: watch the online premieres of The Friend from Tel Aviv and Primo

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Federica Gianni‘s gaze upon the world is unusual. It’s piercing and slanted. She is a NYC-based Italian writer/director and her short films explore the different expressions of contemporary masculinity, the struggle between belonging and otherness, the (re)self-discovery, the explosion of desire and the deception of feelings. She did it by focusing on suspension of her…

Nov 28, 2018

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The 6 Best Iranian Short Films In the Past Years

Not only Ashghar Farhadi and Jafar Panahi: a new generation of young directors is making the Iranian cinema so proud

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When talking about Iranian cinema and their films, names like Ashghar Farhadi, Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi and a lot more comes to mind. There is no doubt that Iranian feature films have been a big success but Iranian short films has been even more successful. There has been over 2,000 selected short films in film…

Nov 3, 2018

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Ennesimo Film Festival 2018, the Italian short film carnival

Welcome to Tile Valley: we went to the Ennesimo Film Festival in Fiorano Modenese and no, this is not "just another" festival report

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Welcome to Tile Valley: Ennesimo Film Festival 2018 is an illuminating example of cultural project management. From 4th to 6th May, the Astoria Theater in Fiorano Modenese — municipality in the province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, best known for tile collections synonymous worldwide with excellent ceramics Made in Italy, the Castle of…

May 10, 2018

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Bismillah by Alessandro Grande: Winner of the David di Donatello Award 2018 for Best Short Film

Exclusive interview with the director winner of the most important Italian prize

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Bismillah by Alessandro Grande is the winner of the David di Donatello Award 2018 for Best Short Film. Tender and sharp, this powerful and moving look at the migrant crisis in Europe will be representing Italy in the Oscar race and has been selected as one of the 265 short films in the running. The…

Mar 2, 2018

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Magic Alps Is the Only Italian Short Film Selected at Clermont-Ferrand 2018

Exclusive interview with the directors of one of the most unique Italian short film of the year

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The Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival is one of the world’s most popular short film fests and the second largest in France. Magic Alps by Andrea Brusa and Marco Scotuzzi is the only Italian short film selected for the international competition at the 40th edition of Clermont-Ferrand (Feb. 2-10). We already backed the Italian short film…

Jan 28, 2018

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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"

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The 2018 Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday Jan. 18. This year, approximately 200 feature-length and short films were selected to play at the festival from 13,782 total submissions coming from 147 countries. Driven by innovation and experimentation, the Shorts Programs call out filmmaking’s most original voices. A number of short films heading to the…

Jan 17, 2018

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At MedFilm Festival, we met Federica Gianni, who told us about her short films: watch the online premieres of The Friend from Tel Aviv and Primo

Not only Ashghar Farhadi and Jafar Panahi: a new generation of young directors is making the Iranian cinema so proud

Welcome to Tile Valley: we went to the Ennesimo Film Festival in Fiorano Modenese and no, this is not "just another" festival report

Exclusive interview with the director winner of the most important Italian prize

Exclusive interview with the directors of one of the most unique Italian short film of the year

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

On Replay

Sequence – by Carles Torrens

Daydreaming could be so dangerous...

Cutaway

Through close up details of hands, we follow the life of a single young man as he works, pursues relationships, and comes to terms with a life changing event.

Chop My Money – by Theo Anthony

This world is not the world: a day in the life of three street kids in the Eastern Congo

James

The lonely coming of age of a Northern Ireland's boy on his path towards self-discovery.

Alien Attack from the Interspace – by Alessio Gonnella

Sci-fi in Italy is possible, but... How can the trumpet save us all?

The Six Dollar Fifty Man

A festival favorite, this dramedy shows how hard it is to be a "superhero" in a suburban school in the 70s.

Person to Person

A New Yorker's daily life is halted as he finds a stranger girl sleeping on his apartment's floor.

30% (Women and Politics in Sierra Leone)

Oil-painted animation brings to life the stories of three powerful women in postconflict Sierra Leone.

Record/Play

War, time travel and a broken walkman are the backdrop to this science-fiction love story

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2014

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

Malaria

A classic Western story of death and revenge told with an innovative mix of stop motion techniques, in-camera effects and animation.

The Arab Series #3: War On Famous Canvas

Syrian war scenes swarm the famous paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci, Salvador Dalí, Pieter Brueghel and Paul Gauguin

Yardbird

A solitary young girl is forced to come out of hiding to face the town bullies, but the thing she fears the most is herself.

La Boca Del Léon

A man obsessed with the world of dead messes up with the dark arts and make one last call for help.

Memorize

How to fight crime in an high-tech, action packed future? Through a chip that records our entire lives.

Atropa

In the outer space, a detective is looking for a mysterious missing ship.

The Herd

Know what you are consuming...

Spirit of Berlin (July 1945)

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

Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival Unveils Its 7th Edition

The first film festival in Europe to be entirely conceived, coordinated and managed by students reveals Jury and poster

FOCUS ON: William Laboury

Memory as an archive of images in the works of the young French director and graphic designer.

The Provider

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

Lights Out – by David F. Sandberg

"Per aspera ad astra": from indie to major.

Split

A man suffers in a peculiar way after splitting up from his girlfriend: lies and guilt lead him through an extreme physical reaction…

Funnel

His car has broken down, a guy spend a whole day on the phone while looking for a funnel.