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

La Huida – The Runaway

Helvetica , pastel colors , a voice-over that directly addresses the viewers,  eccentric characters and catchy music … at...

The colorful deconstruction of a moment in the life of a group of bizarre characters.

(Escandalo Films )

Spain / 11minutes

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

Spirit of Berlin (July 1945)

How did Berlin look in July 1945, a few weeks after the surrender of Germany? It is shown in...

An exceptional montage of the semi-destroyed city made with rare archival materials, in colors and HD.

(CHRONOS-MEDIA GmbH)

Germany / 7minutes

Danger Island

A couple of british poachers set sail to explore a string of previously undiscovered islands in search of the...

A couple of british poachers explore undiscovered islands in search of the fabled Moth Owl, in this animated tribute to old b-movies.

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USA / 4minutes

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

It’s No Game – by Oscar Sharp

It’s No Game is director Oscar Sharp‘s follow-up to last year short film Sunspring, written entirely by an algorithm...

In this day and age, how useful are screenwriters?

(48 Hour Film Challenge / Sci-Fi London Film Festival)

UK / 8minutes

Behind the Schoolbag – by Nic Ho Chun Yu

Shaun’s childhood is hell – hunted by other students, ridiculed, excluded, victim of cruel jokes. He’s really exasperated and thinks that the solution...

Against bullying, love yourself: a story about self-salvation

(Intoxic Studio)

Hong Kong / 9minutes

Duku Spacemarines

La Mécanique du Plastique  is a French creative collective founded in 2011. Thanks to the combination of the very...

An incredible adventure of underground fights, angry hackers and alien invasions.

(La Mécanique du Plastique )

France / 4minutes

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 Driving Seat – by Phil Lowe

In order to properly write about this short movie, I felt the need to listen in loop Perfect by Ed...

The hilarious attempt of a middle aged couple to put a spark back in their marriage

(Turn the Slate Productions)

UK / 9minutes

Sara – by Rossella Inglese

Sara’s just 12 years old when she is confronted with discovering the experience of become a woman. Escorted into...

Sara's just 12 years old when she is confronted with discovering the experience of become a woman

(Fedra Film)

Italy / 6minutes

Online Premiere: Child Love by Giulio Donato

At a summer camp all the kids behave in a strange way, very little actively. A boy falls in...

A kid courts a girl with small gestures, but it is a love that goes beyond space-time and becomes an allegory of the cycle of life

(Play Entertainment )

/ 13minutes

Segundito – by Carlos & Roberto Valle

Horacio and his wife have a son who does not stand still for a second. He does not stop even...

Stay still a second! A flash of genius by the brothers directors of The Chair of Life

(Auntie)

Spain / 2minutes

Sleepwalk

The slow-paced melancholic riff of “Sleep Walk“ from by brothers Santo & Johnny (1959) entitles a nd introduces into the scene of...

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

(Produced by Rob Meyers and Danon Hinty)

USA / 3minutes

Letters of Italian Partisans Condemned to Death – by Fausto Fornari

Letters of Italian Partisans Condemned to Death is what Ferruccio Parri called “the first anti-fascist documentary.” The short film...

The first anti-fascist documentary in the history of Italian cinema: more necessary than ever today, against any collective removal

(ANCResistenza)

Italy / 12minutes

Dr. Easy

Dr. Easy  was adapted from the first chapter of Red Men, a dystopian novel by Matthew De Abaitua. The...

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

(Warp Films)

UK / 9minutes

Deer Boy by Katarzyna Gondek

Deer is the guardian of the forest and the connection with the ancestors, Cernunnos is the lord of the...

The dark fairy tale of the deer born boy within a family of hunters

(Centrala, Motion, The Fridge)

Poland / Croatia / Belgium / 15minutes

Guiding Sights

Rafael Egaña, 38, is going blind. He suffers RP (Retinitis Pigmentosa), a genetic degenerative retinal disease. With the iquiqueña...

Rafael Egaña is going blind and goes through the pics that his father has collected over the past 50 years. What happens with the images in your memory when you're going blind?

(Cusicanqui Films, Escuela de Cine y Televisión - Universidad de Chile)

Chile / 18minutes

The 10 Best Short Films of 2018 (Available Online)

2018 has been a banner year for short films. The increasing diversity and originality of artistic ideas peak, as...

From Korea to Syria, here are the best of the best, strictly available online

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L’Ondee

A sudden rain surprises the city: umbrellas are opened, the traffic intensifies, people seek shelter when they can. A...

A small elegy of rain that nods to the history of cinema

(Folimage)

France / 8minutes

FOCUS ON: Tamar Rudoy

Daughter of the Bride premiered at Cannes 2016 Directors’ Fortnight. Written by Timna Rose Perez and directed by Tamar Rudoy, the short...

Interview with the Israeli director of Daughter of the Bride, premiered at Cannes 2016 Directors' Fortnight

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Ennesimo Film Festival 2018, the Italian short film carnival

Welcome to Tile Valley: Ennesimo Film Festival 2018 is an illuminating example of cultural project management. From 4th to...

Welcome to Tile Valley: we went to the Ennesimo Film Festival in Fiorano Modenese and no, this is not "just another" festival report

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FOCUS ON: Mario Furloni

His short documentary Pot Country, co-directed with Kate McLean, was in the official selection of HotDocs, Big Sky and Mill...

Focus on his work, Freeland and the Filmaker360 residency

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