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

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It’s No Game – by Oscar Sharp

In this day and age, how useful are screenwriters?

Sea Change

Two sisters travel up to Pacific Coast to seek an alternative treatment for the younger sister's misterious disease.

FOCUS ON: Tamar Rudoy

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

Project X – by Laura Poitras and Henrik Moltke

From the director of Citizenfour, narrated by Rami Malek and Michelle Williams, a journey into NSA's NYC surveillance hub

I’m a Mitzvah

The bittersweet adventure of a young American man who spends one last night with his deceased friend while stranded in rural Mexico.

Ududeagu

Before there were kings, there was a spider: language and body as habitat in a dark and mystery mutant experiment

Ouro – by Pierre-Jean Le Moël & Eva Jiahui Gao

A fairytale in action about vengeance, Ouroboros, and the power of women

Online Preview: The Snake

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

ZIMNIK – The Ice Road

A trip along the Zimnik, the ice roads that cross the Siberian wilderness during the long winter months.

A Pale Blue Dot

An uplifting animation with commentary by Carl Sagan, offers us an unexpected perspective of our earthly existence.

Choros

A dancer's movements bring a chorus of women and unexpected choreographies to life.

Suspend Belief

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

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.

When Namibia Was a City…

Yusuf's everyday life is dominated by a gorgeous and beloved routine. A fishing trip could give him a chance to restore his image as the provider and head of family...

Bite of the Tail

Four characters struggling to find an elusive truth, and a snake that creeps inside their everyday lives.

The Cat Piano

A noir animation, set in the jazz feline underworld, narrated by Nick Cave's charming and mysterious voice.

Online Premiere: I Navigli

Life and feelings of two rowers training in the placid waters of the historic canals in Milan.

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

All Men Are Called Robert – by Marc-Henri Boulier

An anxiety run through a brutal truth

Guilt – by Moisés Aisemberg

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

The Shift

1964. Joe's seemingly ordinary day takes a bad turn, as he comes home to find out that his wife hasn't been cooking dinner. And there's a very good reason for that.

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

Guiding Sights

Rafael Egaña is going blind and goes through the pics that his father has collected over the past 50 years. What happens with the images in your memory when you're going blind?

Interesting Ball

A red ball bounces around the city through five incredible stories, for eventually getting to the beach.