Lazy Daze – by Brian Smee

How is like a dog’s dream? Maybe something similar to what is depicted by the young American animator Brian Smee in...

A kaleidoscopic journey into a dog's dream.

(Self Produced)

USA / 4minutes

Borrowed Time – by Andrew Coats & Lou Hamou-Lhadj

Animated short film and drama. We are not used to associate this genre to poignant and dark tales, but watching Borrowed...

American animation comes out of its comfort zone and tells the drama

(Quorum Films)

USA / 7minutes

The People’s Network Showcase: A New Generation of Short Films Directors

The People’s Network Showcase is the new project launched by El Rey, the Latino channel created by Robert Rodriguez...

The channel created by Robert Rodriguez launches a new User Generated short films series

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Journal Animé – by Donato Sansone

Donato’s sitting at the bar. A typical Parisian café during an ordinary rainy day. He flips through the pages...

The images on the pages of Libération come to life and pass the printed events in the Italian short which collected a César nomination

(Autour de Minuit)

France / 4minutes

Sniffer

In a not so distant future, not much has changed… except for the force of gravity. For some reason,...

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.

(Dream Factory)

Norway / 10minutes

In Dreams

To make his graduate film from Northumbria University, British animator Samuel Blain decided to direct a documentary about ordinary...

An experimental documentary about people's dreams, that feels like a modern take on surrealism.

(Student film)

UK / 3minutes

Fugu & Tako

Recently we wrote a short guide on how to gain success on the web with a short film for...

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

(Produced by Wendy Green)

USA / 8minutes

The Mourners (The Marcy Method)

It is quite rare that emerging Italian short film directors challenge themselves in genres such as thriller, horror, grotesque...

From our submissions: an horror made of obsessions, fears and lack of scruples to achieve the perfect shape.

(Work In Progress)

Italy / 13minutes

Tiger Boy

Tiger Boy is the sixth short film directed by Gabriele Mainetti, Italian actor, director, composer and producer born in...

From the director of They Call Me Jeeg Robot, the story of Matteo, a nine year old kid whose hero is a wrestler of a Roman suburb called The Tiger.

(Goon Films)

Italy / 20minutes

The 6 Best Iranian Short Films In the Past Years

When talking about Iranian cinema and their films, names like Ashghar Farhadi, Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi and a lot...

Not only Ashghar Farhadi and Jafar Panahi: a new generation of young directors is making the Iranian cinema so proud

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Nigel – by Natasza Cetner

Nigel is the Royal College of Art’s grad short by Polish animator Natasza Cetner. The London-based director isn’t new...

A lonely gannet falls for a concrete bird in this relatable love story

(Royal College of Art - London)

UK / 9minutes

Fighting the Ebola Outbreak, Street by Street.

An ambulance with blaring sirens runs through the crowded streets of Monrovia, capital of Liberia, one of regions mostly...

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

(New York Times)

USA / 7minutes

Guida – by Rosana Urbes

Guida has dedicated her life working as an archivist, her days, for thirty years, are marked by an unabashed...

Beauty of life is ageless.

(Belisa Proença)

Brazil / 11minutes

FOCUS ON: Fisnik Maxhuni

Fisnik Maxhuni won with his first short film Lost Exile the ‘Cinema & Gioventù’ Jury Prize at Locarno Film...

Interview with the director of Lost Exile, awarded at Locarno Film Festival

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The Joke’s on You – by Katie Smith

The Joke’s on You is a refreshing British comedy, winner as Best Short Comedy of 2016 at ECAFF Eddie Comedy...

A refreshing British comedy, a modern and real love story

(Victoria Muldoon)

UK / 11minutes

Sundance Film Festival 2016: a taste from the short films program.

There has always been this unwritten rule accepted among short filmmakers that, if you publish your short online, you...

Five shorts to watch online from the 72 programmed to play over the next 10 days in Park City.

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Wall

Laci is a 16-year old gypsy boy, who lives off casual jobs. Every morning, the same waiting for some...

Laci is a young gypsy worker hired to build a wall: his first look beyond holds an unusual revelation...

(Proton Cinema)

Hungary / 11minutes

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

Are You With Me? – by Erica Genereux Smith

After the good result of Night Life (2015), Erica Genereux Smith keeps talking about modern tragedies. In fact, the...

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

(Erica Genereux Smith)

USA / 6minutes

Jonah

Kibwe Tavares is one of  UK’s most exciting young directors. An achitecture grad with a lifelong love of cinema,...

A tale full of surprises and special effects narrates the destructive consequences of fame and wealth in the life of a boy from Zanzibar.

(BFI Film Fund)

UK / 18minutes

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

Whateverest

The beauty of micro-doc is that its formal requirements  (brevity and synthesis) obligates to discard too big and complex topics...

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

(Bacon )

Norway / 16minutes

Hair Love – by Matthew A. Cherry

Stephen is an African American dad. His young daughter Zuri keeps watching the tutorial video of her mother (voiced...

The 2020 Oscar-winner animated short, based on the true story of Deandre Arnold and financed by a Kickstarter campaign

(Chasing Miles / Six Point Harness)

USA / 7minutes

The Last Ice Merchant (El Último Hielero)

Mount Chimborazo is Ecuador’s highest peak. as well as the point on the Earth that’s closest to the sun....

The life of Ecuador's last ice merchant tells a story of change and traditions.

(Jeremy Yaches, Rodrigo Donoso.)

Ecuador / 14minutes