The Optimist

The Optimist is a debut short film made by young and talented John Mervin, an eighteen year old boy...

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

(A Chocolate Thunder Production)

USA / 4minutes

Bismillah by Alessandro Grande: Winner of the David di Donatello Award 2018 for Best Short Film

Bismillah by Alessandro Grande is the winner of the David di Donatello Award 2018 for Best Short Film. Tender...

Exclusive interview with the director winner of the most important Italian prize

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Inamorata – by A-lan Holt

Inamorata is the first short film written and directed by playwright, filmmaker and Stanford University educator A-lan Holt. She...

A painful (and autobiographical) love story of magic and sisterhood

(TRUE MVMNT)

USA / 21minutes

Mute

In a world where people are born without a mouth, everyone is very frustrated and unhappy. The all want...

In a world where people are born without a mouth, a gory accident leads to a discovery that will change their lives forever.

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Netherlands / 4minutes

Bianco

A blinding white, a barren nature  that’s pure and precious at the same time. We are in Carrara, Tuscany,...

A solemn and silent Italian shortdoc on the marble quarries of Carrara.

(Student Film)

Italy / 9minutes

How to Act on Reality TV – by John Wilson

The story of How to Act on Reality TV, short doc by filmmaker John Wilson, has started when a...

The meta-movie that opens us the doors of the New York Reality TV School: not acting but real

(John's Movies)

USA / 23minutes

Symphony no. 42 – by Réka Bucsi

The first scene of Symphony no. 42, animated short film by Réka Bucsi, necessarily creates extremely high expectations. What...

A fox in the woods is questioning about the essence of universe and then she shot herself.

(MOME Anim)

Hungary / 9minutes

Expo

Blending together science fiction and melodrama, Joe Sill‘s Expo is a short that combines a great visual impact to...

Science fiction and melodrama come together in this story of loss, loneliness and survival.

(Everdream Pictures )

USA / 13minutes

MiMo – Milano Mobile Film Festival: How to Make a Short on Your Smartphone

MiMo – Milano Mobile Film Festival is the first mobile festival in Italy. It takes place in the inspiring...

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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Traces – by Puru Agarwal

The galaxy of Indian short films is vast, full of hideous works and wonders. Several short films featuring well-known...

Disability is a state of mind, as shown by a Bharatanatyam dancer and the author of her novel

(Samvit Kher)

India / 2minutes

The Provider

It’s the 1940s, but we’re in  a dystopian, alternate reality where human survival is threatened. A man seeks refuge...

Black comedy, horror, dystopia and science fiction come together in Brianne Nord-Stewart's short.

(Random Acts Entertainment)

Canada / 8minutes

Dark Hallucinations – by Diego Salinas

Dark Hallucinations is an experimental short film directed by Diego Salinas. Intended as an installation by Funken Studio collective,...

An immersive audiovisual installation by Funken Studio, a chronicle of darkness where life loses every possible grip

(Funken Studio)

Chile / USA / 3minutes

Short Film Day: beautiful shorts in the shortest day of the year.

On December 21, the shortest day of the year, 22 Italian cities and 17 internationals celebrated the short film...

Thanks to the Italian Short Film Centre the national short film scene stands out at the Short Film Day with a wide and quality selection.

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Malatesta Short Film Festival Unveils Its First Edition Line-Up

Three days of screenings, premieres and Q&As with directors dedicated to short films: the first edition of Malatesta Short...

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

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Supermarket – by Gianluca Abbate

“I’d like you to make yourself at home, wipe all thoughts from your mind…”: thus begins Supermarket, the second...

An invitation to make you fall asleep goes with us while a chaotic landscape sets up on the screen...

(Gianluca Abbate)

Italy / 8minutes

Abe

Abe was programmed to love. Until recently, he had a family: he was living with them, cooking, helping them...

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

(Zero-G Productions)

UK / 9minutes

Eat My Shit

Samantha (Anna Marìa Polverosa) has taken a selfie of her face and posted it on Instagram, but it has...

The moving story of a girl whose butthole is where her mouth should be.

(The Other Side Films)

Spain / 3minutes

Dylan

Dylan is an experimental documentary-film written and directed by New York director Elisabetta Rohrbaugh based on an interview with Dylan...

A young transgender tells us his story on his early morning journey to Conney Island.

(Outer Borough Pictures)

USA / 8minutes

Autobiographical Scene Number 6882

(from Jeffrey Bowers via Vice)  A group of friends are walking across a bridge, discussing the finer aspects of alcohol, when they begin...

A group of friends watches as one of them attempts to jump into the water from a bridge.

(Plattform Produktion)

Sweden / 9minutes

The Italian short film (potential) industry.

Is there an Italian “short film industry”? Is there an economy linked to short film sector at all? These are...

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".

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Online Premiere: Jung – by Munseong Yun

When you watch Jung you suddenly have the feeling that you are in a different world, where the time...

Two South Korean warriors, divided between friendship and rivalry.

(Student Film (Seul Istitute of Arts))

South Korea / 7minutes

Little Shit – by Richard Gorodecky

The acclaimed short film Little Shit by Richard Gorodecky has collected many awards in its festival run, including that...

A child's journey to discover his and London's hidden nature

(Post Panic)

UK / 14minutes

“My Self”: the intimate diary of Jennifer Medina

Jennifer Medina is a Venezuelan photographer and video maker, based in New York City. Her works sweetly look at...

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

(Self produced)

USA / 1minutes

Person to Person

Back in March 2014, New Yorker critic Richard Brody wrote an article about the role of shorts in the...

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

(Arts+Labor)

USA / 18minutes