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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Random Stop

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

Cannes 2016: Luca Tóth

Surreal, evocative, humorous: the 2D animated work of the Hungarian filmmaker

Cut Off

When fiction starts to blend with reality, a novelist must act quickly - his life may depend on it!

The Italian short film (potential) industry.

The "Report 2014" of the Italian Short Film Centre sheds a light on an key-sector of the audiovisual that struggles to define itself "industrial".

Christian – by Saku Cinardi

In one of the most infamous suburbs of Rome, a godless bully discovers he posseses a power he will need to control.

FOCUS ON: Tamar Rudoy

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

Carmen – by Giuseppe Cardaci

What happens when impossible dreams strive to come true?

FOCUS ON: Jim Cummings

Interview with the director of Thunder Road, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival

Googly Eyes – by Simon Savelyev

A short and cynical rom-com to celebrate Valentine’s Day in the best way

We Will Live Again

Stripped of their blood, filled with antifreeze liquid, and frozen: a looks inside the unusual and extraordinary operations of the Cryonics Institute.

A Brief History of John Baldessari

Narrated by Tom Waits, a pop documentary about "The guy who put dots over people's faces".

Alejandro G. Iñárritu Takes On Virtual Reality Short On Refugees

The two-time Oscar-winning director is working on an experimental project set in the Mexican-US border

Funnel

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

OPEN CALL: WE ARE LOOKING FOR CONTRIBUTORS!

Malatesta Short Film Festival Unveils Its First Edition Line-Up

Find out these 10 shorts you can watch online from the MalatestaShort official selection

Runaway – by Emily Buchanan, Susan Yung and Esther Parobek

The best time of the year to love your refrigerator

Uncanny Valley

In the slums of the future, virtual reality junkies satisfy their violent impulses in online entertainment.

The Boy with a Camera for a Face

A allegorical fairy tale about a boy born with a camera instead of a head, told in rhyme.

Prospect

Straight out of this year's SXSW, an enchanting tale of survival in an hostile planet.

Pablo’s Villa

Pablo Novak lives alone in the submerged Argentine ghost town of Villa Epecuén: this is his fascinating and incredible story

Person to Person

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

Are You With Me? – by Erica Genereux Smith

A sweet, ironic and sincere exploration of modern solitude (at a call center)

The Mistery of Flying Kicks

A brilliant "collabortaivo short-doc" about the urban mystery of sneakers hanging from overhead power lines.

Online Premiere: Who’s Afraid of the Big Black Wolf? – by Janez Lapajne

A multicultural triangle in the occupied Europe of 1944: a sensual and emotional Alpine story of two tunes and one whistle