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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The 10 Best Short Films of 2017 (Available Online)

From China to Lebanon, here are the best of the best (strictly available online!) from an incredible, unpredictable year for shorts

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Alessandro Zoppo and Tommaso Fagioli, curators of Good Short Films, choose the ten short films available online that made the biggest impression on them in 2017. Rising to the top are some exciting new voices, new visions and new forms. Picking a top 10 wasn’t easy: 2017 was such a good year for short films.…

Dec 22, 2017

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Oscars 2018: 10 Documentary Shorts Finalists

Like the nominees in the feature-length Best Documentary category, these 10 films feature an array of powerful subjects

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled the 10 finalists for the Documentary Shorts Oscar. The Academy’s Documentary Branch viewed this year’s 77 eligible entries and submitted their ballots for tabulation. This short list will lead to the five nomination definitive slots. Nominations for the 90th Oscars will be announced on January…

Dec 12, 2017

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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"

From China to Lebanon, here are the best of the best (strictly available online!) from an incredible, unpredictable year for shorts

Like the nominees in the feature-length Best Documentary category, these 10 films feature an array of powerful subjects

On Replay

Bum-Bum Doch’ Rybaka (Bum-Bum, The Baby of The Fisher)

A sweet and surreal tale realised by Ivan Maximov, one of the most important Russian animators, winner of the Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival 2014.

Person to Person

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

Coach Nison – by Charlie Hoxie

A table tennis champion from Tajikistan opens a club in Brooklyn where he trains the next generation of talent

Henna Night

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

The Board – by David Shane

Practical tips from a teenager busy with the opposite sex

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"

The Optimist

A young book lover tries desperately to get the book everyone else has.

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.

The Rise Of The Fashion Short

From Wes Anderson to Spike Jonze, many directors are experimenting with the Fashion Film, a newborn genre in which everything is possible

Sequence – by Carles Torrens

Daydreaming could be so dangerous...

Charlie Hebdo, Before the Massacre.

The documentary of the New York Times takes us inside the editor office of Charlie Hebdo. A testament that's also a cause for reflection.

Carmen – by Giuseppe Cardaci

What happens when impossible dreams strive to come true?

Cruising

A psychedelic trip inside the mind of a young boy.

Kami

A tormented woman living alone in her beach house. A dog, her only companion.

Leonard in Slow Motion

Leonard moves in slow motion, but lives in a normally-paced world.

Memoria del fuego – by Francesco Clerici

From the director of "Hand Gestures," the manufacturing of Cuban cigars in a factory in Estelí, Nicaragua

Dealer

A nocturne crime story inspired by and set to Burial's Rival Dealer.

Semáforo (Stop Light)

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

Does the Italian film system neglect short films and its emerging talents?

Our interview with Jacopo Chessa, the director of the Italian National Center for Short Films.

Junkyard

A man is stabbed in the subway. In the last seconds before he dies, a teenage friendship flashes before his eyes.

The Valley of Angels

A slice of daily life of a family living secluded in the mountains in the south-eastern of Sicily.

Wind

The everyday activities of the inhabitants of an extremely windy area are hard. But what if the wind stopped blowing?

You won’t regret that tattoo

There's a lot of talk about tattoos, but this is the first time we see people from an older generation who are proud to sport the ink they wear.

Online Premiere: Jung – by Munseong Yun

Two South Korean warriors, divided between friendship and rivalry.