Netherlands | Good Short Films

Scrambled – by Bastiaan Schravendeel

Can a Rubik’s Cube still be an intriguing game for millennials? It is probably the question that the animators...

The immortal charm of the Rubik's cube

(Polder Animation)

Netherlands / 7minutes
97% – by Ben Brand

97% is a short written and directed by the young Dutch director Ben Brand, that explores our emotional dependency on...

Bert's race against time to find the match of his life among the subway cars.

(Caviar)

Netherlands / 8minutes
Junkyard

This animation by Dutch animator Hisko Hulsing has won 22 awards in many festivals across the world, and not by chance. It’s...

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

(il Luster Films, Cinété)

Netherlands / 18minutes
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

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Scrambled – by Bastiaan Schravendeel

The immortal charm of the Rubik's cube

97% – by Ben Brand

Bert's race against time to find the match of his life among the subway cars.

Junkyard

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

Mute

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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From April 21 to May 5, 175 films from 46 countries at the longest-running film festival in America

Soy negra, soy marica y soy puta – by Hugo Meijer & Cas van der Pas

A documentary about Diana Navarro, a lawyer, trade unionist and prostitute who's fighting for LGBTQ rights

The Shaman

In the dark year 2204, Joshua is a Shaman sent on a mission to convert the soul of a giant battle colossus

FOCUS ON: Mario Furloni

Focus on his work, Freeland and the Filmaker360 residency

The Eagleman Stag

An innovative and staggeringly beautiful stop motion story about life and the passage of time. Best Animation at BAFTA 2011.

Amigo

A delightful short film about friendship in 50s style, seen through the innocent eyes of a child.

Adam and Eve Raised Cain – by Francesco Erba

A poetic yet disturbing stop motion horror short film

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.

The Tree – by Cheikh Mohammed Horma

An immersive visual experience of Sahara desert, exploring the changing balance between man and nature

I’m a Mitzvah

The bittersweet adventure of a young American man who spends one last night with his deceased friend while stranded in rural Mexico.

Expo

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

FOCUS ON: Fisnik Maxhuni

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

The Robbery – by Jim Cummings

After Thunder Road, another dark comedy where a robbery doesn't go so well

Chop My Money – by Theo Anthony

This world is not the world: a day in the life of three street kids in the Eastern Congo

Afronauts – Zambia’s Space Program

A short presented at the Berlinale and a photographic book narrate the incredible space-adventure of an african dreamer in the 60s

A Pale Blue Dot

An uplifting animation with commentary by Carl Sagan, offers us an unexpected perspective of our earthly existence.

Dr. Easy

A robot with medical training is sent to negotiate a dangerous situation.

Supermarket – by Gianluca Abbate

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

Robbie

The incredible story of a robot, made using only NASA's archival footage.

Jonah

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

The Landing – by Josh Tanner

Summer of 1960, a Midwestern farm: Where is the enemy?

Wrinkles of the City: Focus On Guillaume Cagniard

Interview with Guillaume Cagnaird and his short about the work of artist JR

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".

Belly Flop – by Jeremy Collins and Kelly Dillon

Good things come to those who wait in the South-African short film challenging the US dominion in animated cinema