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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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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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

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

On Replay

Random Stop

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

Ududeagu

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

Henna Night

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

Otherhalf – by Ben West

A literal conflict with themselves, by Framestore

Killing Klaus Kinski – by Spiros Stathoulopoulos

The vertiginous reimagination of a myth of the history of film: the filming of Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog

Bear – by Pascal Floerks

A mysterious and personal story about the director's grandfather

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

“My Self”: the intimate diary of Jennifer Medina

The selfie generation seen by the young Venezuelan artist's eyes.

Whateverest

A documentary that moves and entertains on an anonymous anti-hero of the province and his passion for electronic music.

The Life and Death of Tommy Chaos and Stacey Danger

The adventurous love story of a young couple escaping dinosaurs through spaceships and submarines.

FOCUS ON: Alessandro Capitani

Our interview with the director of "Bellissima", the David di Donatello 2016 winning short film.

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

Edmond – by Nina Gantz

A stop motion bitter sweet black poetry

Letters of Italian Partisans Condemned to Death – by Fausto Fornari

The first anti-fascist documentary in the history of Italian cinema: more necessary than ever today, against any collective removal

Dia de Los Muertos

On the Day of the Dead, a traditional Mexican festivity, little Nina goes to visit her mother's grave, initiating a magical journey int a colorful and festive afterlife.

FOCUS ON: The Island of All Together

Conversations in Lesbos with the Dutch directors who invited tourists and refugees to talk each another

Abe

What if a robot that was programmed to love stops being loved by those around him?

Mobile Film Festival 2018: Call For Movies

Bruno Smadja created the festival in 2005 to discover and support talented young directors on a very simple principle: 1 mobile, 1 minute, 1 film

The Robbery – by Jim Cummings

After Thunder Road, another dark comedy where a robbery doesn't go so well

Where We Are

Separation, distance and memory: the essence of love in 85 seconds.

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?

Robbie

The incredible story of a robot, made using only NASA's archival footage.

The Driving Seat – by Phil Lowe

The hilarious attempt of a middle aged couple to put a spark back in their marriage

The Moment – by Karis Oh

What really matters in the end of life?