Conventional

Mostly known as Amy Pond in “Doctor Who” or the Nebula of “The Guardians of the Galaxy”, Scottish actress Karen...

A horror film actress deals with her fall from stardom and learn the true nature of the genre.

(FunSize Horror)

UK / 9minutes

7:35 in the Morning

What is the most romantic thing you have ever done for somebody? Well, your answer probably’s not a 10th...

One morning a woman enters a restaurant – only to be met with silence instead of people talking...

(Ibarretxe & Co.)

Spain / 8minutes

Crush

A woman is looking for the perfect armchair, in this short film directed by Rebecca Pugh and Jen West....

The search for the perfect armchair becomes a reflection on love and relationships.

(MinyCine Motion Picture)

USA / 7minutes

Online Preview: Houses with Small Windows

The online preview is expired, but you can still read the review and watch the trailer. In the Kurdish...

A powerful and yet muted portrait of an honour killing in the rural Kurdish Southeast of Turkey, "Best Film" at 021 Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Fest.

(Clin d’oeil Films)

Turkey / 15minutes

Support the superheroes

Support the superheroes is a short film made to support of the type 1 diabetes research, a collaboration between Good Short...

The short film in support of medical research in collaboration with the biopharmaceutical group Dompè. Share #SostieniiSupereroi

(Good Short Films / Dompè)

italiy / 1minutes

Online Preview: La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak / Butter Lamp

The online preview is ended. You can still watch the trailer and read the review! Starting from a very...

A young itinerant photographer and his assistant suggest to Tibetan nomads to photograph them in front of various background.

(Ama Productions)

France / China / 16minutes

Caveirão

São Paulo do Brasil, night time. It’s 3:33 am and the time stops. We are in a deserted area...

Every night, time stops for a moment in Sao Paolo, and ghosts and mosters of all kinds dance and play music on the city's deserted streets.

(Hornet)

Brazil / 10minutes

Online Premiere: Dinola

Dinola is a child living in the village of Ushguli, in Georgia. Her father has just died, and the...

In the cold mountains of Georgia, a widow is forced to marry another man and leave her life and child behind.

(20 Steps Production)

Georgia / 14minutes

Citizen versus Kane

An independent filmmaker’s ambitious project of  remaking Citizen Kane in a modern-day setting has finally took off. As it...

When death arrives on the set of a low-budget "Citizen Kane" remake, what's there to do to save the production?

(Premiere Heure)

France / 18minutes

Quine – by M. Remaury, W. Laboury

As it often occurs, a question stimulates an author to create a work of art in order to answere that...

At the lottery, what's the point of filling the grid when you miss number one ?

(Self Produced)

France / 2minutes

The Brain Hack – by Joseph White

Neurotheology, technology, science, conspiracy theories, simulation, deception, psychosis, suspense, fear, excitement, mystery, revelation, surprise: rarely a short film manages...

Two students create a short-cut to induce hallucinogenic visions of God, but find themselves hunted by a deadly religious sect.

(Charlotte Walls)

USA / 19minutes

Behind the Biennale: A Short History of the World’s Most Important Art Exhibition

What would the world be like without the Venice Biennale? Director Oscar Boyson asked this question to a group...

What would the world be like without the Venice Biennale? This short doc answers to the question in a very pop manner through archival images, artworks and interviews.

(Artsy)

USA / 6minutes

Berlin, Berlin

Berlin, Berlin is the poignant “visual poem” by young American director of Salvadoran origin Nehemias Colindres dedicated to the dynamic...

More than just a city, a category of the mind: the passionate ode to Berlin by Nehemias Colindres.

(Betti Berlin)

Germany / 2minutes

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

Kami

Shot in Indian Beach, North Carolina, this short film by William Kyle Gerardi is dark , sadly disturbing, and realized...

A tormented woman living alone in her beach house. A dog, her only companion.

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USA / 12minutes

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

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

021 Capalbio | GSF’s Exclusive Showcase

Up On The Roof Festival’s section: International Competition Directed by: Nour wazzi
Produced by: Panacea Production Ltd.
Country: UK
Year: 2013 Synopsis:
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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.

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A Morning Stroll – by Grant Orchard

One day, during a morning walk, a man meets a chicken. The chicken turns the corner, it mounts the stairs of a flat,...

A New Yorker and a chicken: an exercise in style by Grant Orchard

(Studio AKA)

UK / 7minutes

Runaway

“Runaway” is a delightful award-winning “student animated films” made by Huen Sin (Susan) Yung, Emily Buchanan and Esther Parobek...

A charming tale about a misunderstanding between a boy named Stanley and Chillie, his treasured 1950's refrigerator.

(Student Film)

USA / 4minutes

30% (Women and Politics in Sierra Leone)

First shown at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, this original documentary is a collaborative effort from artist Anne Cady,...

Oil-painted animation brings to life the stories of three powerful women in postconflict Sierra Leone.

(Real World Film)

UK / 8minutes

A girl named Elastika

Is it possible to tell a funny and intriguing story only using an elastic band and some pins? Guillame...

A simple yet very creative stop-motion short about a girl made of rubber bands traveling on a pinboard.

(Self-produced)

Canada / 4minutes

Prey – by Aćim Vasic

The twist, the sudden and surprising turn, is quite often what makes a short film memorable. It is the...

The perfect night of a predator turns out as a veritable nightmare

(Bridges)

France / 8minutes

Record/Play

A man cries while listening an old tape, we hear the voice of a woman talking about how she...

War, time travel and a broken walkman are the backdrop to this science-fiction love story

(Collaboration Factory)

USA / 11minutes