Ireland | Good Short Films

Jaffa – by Jay Branagan

Between thirty and forty years, for many people life takes a common turn: marriage, sons, a stable job and...

Many couples want a child, but what happens when a child does not arrive because of his sperm?

(Plain Sailing Films)

Ireland / 12minutes
Box Room – by Michael Lathrop

Jerry lives with his young mother, who is too busy enjoing her life rather than going after an introvert...

Thanks God, there is Mom!

(Lester Money Productions)

USA / Ireland / 15minutes
Analogue People in a Digital Age

It is the day of the analogue to digital switchover of television transmission. Conversations about life, death and quantum...

As the analogue age draws to a close, eight men sit in an Irish bar and battle to remain relevant in the digital world.

(Twopair Films)

Ireland / 13minutes
Coda

It is an evening like many others, a Friday or a Saturday probably, the city is steeped in their...

A lost soul wandering in the city until he's reached by the specter of Death in a revelatory encounter.

(El Zorrero Films)

Spain / 9minutes
The Missing Scarf

One morning, Albert the squirrel wakes up and realizes that his beloved scarf is gone. This unpleasant discovery leads...

An apparent children's story turns out to be a philosophical reflection on overcoming a loss, through existentialism, nihilism and minimal graphics.

(Creative Belly Ltd.)

Ireland / 7minutes
Fear of Flying

It looks like Stop-Motion, but it isn’t. Combining puppetry and 2D and 3D animation, director Conor Finnegan has created...

It's time to migrate south, but Dougal is afraid of flying. The tragicomic adventure of a bird and its phobias.

(Brunella Cocchiglia)

Ireland / 9minutes

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Jaffa – by Jay Branagan

Many couples want a child, but what happens when a child does not arrive because of his sperm?

Box Room – by Michael Lathrop

Thanks God, there is Mom!

Analogue People in a Digital Age

As the analogue age draws to a close, eight men sit in an Irish bar and battle to remain relevant in the digital world.

Coda

A lost soul wandering in the city until he's reached by the specter of Death in a revelatory encounter.

The Missing Scarf

An apparent children's story turns out to be a philosophical reflection on overcoming a loss, through existentialism, nihilism and minimal graphics.

Fear of Flying

It's time to migrate south, but Dougal is afraid of flying. The tragicomic adventure of a bird and its phobias.

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Calcio Storico (Historic Football)

No rules, only one ball and two narrow slits where to throw it in: it's the "calcio storico fiorentino", forerunner of the modern soccer.

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.

Hyper-Reality – by Keiichi Matsuda

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

Fighting the Ebola Outbreak, Street by Street.

The New York Times' shortdoc on Ebola's outbreak in Liberia, redefines the boundaries between news and narrative.

Father – by Santiago ‘Bou’ Grasso

The flow of daily life in the shadow of dictatorship

Bim Bam Boom, Las Luchas Morenas!

Bim Bam Boom, meet Las Luchas Morenas! Rossy, Esther and Cynthia are three sisters and professional luchadoras: their life through family, ring and… pig heads!

Dan Invited Hanna Over for Dinner

An unexpected dinner invitation disrupts Hanna's life. Idiosyncrasies and anxieties in the life of a modern young couple.

Melancholy – Ta Tristesse: Interview with Jacinthe Folon

A little conversation with the young Belgian director, winner of the Music Video International Competition at Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival

Eggplant

The tale of a boy whose facial expressions display the opposite of what he’s feeling.

Otherhalf – by Ben West

A literal conflict with themselves, by Framestore

Broken Wing

A real life based award-winning animation about friendship, a Rubik's cube, and the art of healing.

Pyskessa

A surreal adventure in the life of a little girl with a wild imagination.

Agua Viva – by Alexa Lim Haas

A short animation about feelings that no language can describe.

Belly

A coming of age tale about brotherhood, friendship and separation.

FOCUS ON: Alessandro Capitani

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

Shorts not to miss at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival

Junkyard

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

Danger Island

A couple of british poachers explore undiscovered islands in search of the fabled Moth Owl, in this animated tribute to old b-movies.

Taxi Cab Teranga

A day in the life of Omar, a Senegalese taxi driver in New York City, who learns that any day could be his last.

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

Online Preview: The Snake

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

N U M B – by Anders Weberg

Appearance and disappearance: A touching tribute in memory of a son

Godard’s Message

"Khan Khanne": Jean-Luc Godard's videoletter to Cannes' president Gilles Jacob: a testament for tomorrow's cinema.

Fugu & Tako

The friendship between two Japanese white collar men changes as one of them turns into a puffer fish inside a sushi bar.