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The Robbery – by Jim Cummings

After winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival 2016 with Thunder Road, Jim Cummings renews his participation to...

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

(Fullscreen)

USA / 9minutes
Edmond – by Nina Gantz

On a lake shore, a man is dragging a big rock tied with a rope. He’s sitting down on...

A stop motion bitter sweet black poetry

(Emilie Jouffroy)

UK / 9minutes
1500 Words – by Andrew Chaplin

You have 1,500 words left to live. How would you react to that sentence? Hard to imagine how few are 1,500 words,...

What would you do if you went to the doctors and discovered that you only had 1500 words left to live?

(Hungry Bear Media)

UK / 9minutes
A Reasonable Request – by Andrew Laurich

There are many ways to re-build a disrupted father-son relationship: it’s possible to do it for affection or old...

How to re-build a father-son relationship in an unconventional way.

(Christina Lee)

USA / 8minutes
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
Recipe for Gruel

What do you need to make gruel? A pot, water , a little oatmeal and a bible. So says...

Life in a surreal and dystopian world, one meal at a time.

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UK / 10minutes

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The Robbery – by Jim Cummings

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

Edmond – by Nina Gantz

A stop motion bitter sweet black poetry

1500 Words – by Andrew Chaplin

What would you do if you went to the doctors and discovered that you only had 1500 words left to live?

A Reasonable Request – by Andrew Laurich

How to re-build a father-son relationship in an unconventional way.

Fugu & Tako

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

Recipe for Gruel

Life in a surreal and dystopian world, one meal at a time.

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You won’t regret that tattoo

There's a lot of talk about tattoos, but this is the first time we see people from an older generation who are proud to sport the ink they wear.

Symphony no. 42 – by Réka Bucsi

A fox in the woods is questioning about the essence of universe and then she shot herself.

Yardbird

A solitary young girl is forced to come out of hiding to face the town bullies, but the thing she fears the most is herself.

Next Floor

During an opulent and luxurious banquet, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage.

Bite of the Tail

Four characters struggling to find an elusive truth, and a snake that creeps inside their everyday lives.

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

FOCUS ON: Myrsini Aristidou

Exploring human relationships in the most honest, or genuine way possible: small talk with award-winning director

Rise – by David Karlak

A justified revolt of the machines.

Short Film Day: beautiful shorts in the shortest day of the year.

Thanks to the Italian Short Film Centre the national short film scene stands out at the Short Film Day with a wide and quality selection.

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2014

In its 60th anniversary, Oberhausen sets out to discover a "cinema without film" between experimentation, memory and absence.

Memorize

How to fight crime in an high-tech, action packed future? Through a chip that records our entire lives.

The surreal animations of Jan Švankmajer

As the Milano Film Festival hosts a retrospective on Jan Švankmajer, we take a look at the career of the great Czech director and animator.

Choros

A dancer's movements bring a chorus of women and unexpected choreographies to life.

30% (Women and Politics in Sierra Leone)

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

Are You With Me? – by Erica Genereux Smith

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

Ghostly International Presents: Andy Gilmore

Psychedelic works for an art-immersed life.

Tiger Boy

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.

The Arab Series #2: The Curse

Fatine has ventured far from the village to meet her older lover. When she is caught by a group of children, all she wants to do is go home.

The Rise Of The Fashion Short

From Wes Anderson to Spike Jonze, many directors are experimenting with the Fashion Film, a newborn genre in which everything is possible

Shorts not to miss at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival

Past Forward, David O. Russell’s Star-Studded Prada Short Film

The acclaimed director filmed a surreal, futuristic silent "cinema poem" in black & white

Crush

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

Pablo’s Villa

Pablo Novak lives alone in the submerged Argentine ghost town of Villa Epecuén: this is his fascinating and incredible story

Sunday – by Patrick Doyon

An animation that brings the unexpected in an ordinary family lunch