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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Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou – by Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon

The attraction of opposites... hurtling down the hills of San Francisco

All Flowers in Time

Chloè Sevigny stars in a surreal story about possession and scary faces.

Belly

A coming of age tale about brotherhood, friendship and separation.

Shorts not to miss at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival

Why we believe in shorts

A recent New Yorker article highlights the renewed interest for the short film art and its importance contemporary's cinema.

Memory by Design

An innovative exercise in style about the preservation of memories.

The Chair of Life – by Carlos Valle

The short film awarded with the First Prize at Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival 2016: a touching reflection about old age

Killing Klaus Kinski – by Spiros Stathoulopoulos

The vertiginous reimagination of a myth of the history of film: the filming of Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog

Wind

The everyday activities of the inhabitants of an extremely windy area are hard. But what if the wind stopped blowing?

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

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

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".

Cannes 2016: Luca Tóth

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

FOCUS ON: The Island of All Together

Conversations in Lesbos with the Dutch directors who invited tourists and refugees to talk each another

Box Room – by Michael Lathrop

Thanks God, there is Mom!

Junkyard

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

Focus On: Federica Gianni, Director of Primo and The Friend from Tel Aviv

At MedFilm Festival, we met Federica Gianni, who told us about her short films: watch the online premieres of The Friend from Tel Aviv and Primo

Papa – by Natalie Labarre

The diary of an imperfect father who tries hard to be a perfect dad.

Sleepwalk

The presage of the end is consumed in front of our eyes, but there is still time for a last love gesture.

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.

Sorry We Don’t Help Darkies

A tragic episode of racism in 50s London.

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

Black Metal – by Kat Candler

The lead singer of a black metal band dealing with guilt and sorrow: if an artist's work is used for unintended purposes, is the artist partially responsible?

Snow White Cologne – by Amanda Eliasson

The story of an addiction in form of acrylic paint on paper and experimental cut-up technique inspired by William S. Burroughs