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Thunder Road – by Jim Cummings

Jim Cummings is probably a man of few words. Or a communication genius. The official synopsis for Thunder Road states:...

Officer Arnaud loved his mom... The 2016 Sundance short winner

(Unison LA)

USA / 13minutes
Alien Attack from the Interspace – by Alessio Gonnella

Sci-fi in Italy is possible. Thinking about Italian cinematographic difficulties to approach this genre, it seems just an oxymoron....

Sci-fi in Italy is possible, but... How can the trumpet save us all?

(Festina Lente)

Italy / 24minutes
Crush – by Katherine Bernard

Crush, the short film by Katherine Bernard, takes place on two temporal levels: the “before” and the “after,” that...

The short by the American filmmaker cuts satire to reveal a tragicomic criticism of the art world

(Dazed)

USA / 12minutes
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
Solus – by R. Bersot, C. Dellerie, M. Larue, T. Rodriguez

Solus is the French animated short film created, in computer graphics, by Robin Bersot, Camille Dellerie, Mickaël Larue and Thomas...

Everyone defends himself from reality: a story about loneliness and survival in CGI

(ESMA)

France / 7minutes
Interesting Ball

Exquisitely surreal and brazenly grotesque, this short of dense thirteen minutes unravels five stories connected by a bouncing red ball...

A red ball bounces around the city through five incredible stories, for eventually getting to the beach.

(Daniel Scheinert & Stefanie Lynch)

USA / 13minutes

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Dark Comedy (6)

Thunder Road – by Jim Cummings

Officer Arnaud loved his mom... The 2016 Sundance short winner

Alien Attack from the Interspace – by Alessio Gonnella

Sci-fi in Italy is possible, but... How can the trumpet save us all?

Crush – by Katherine Bernard

The short by the American filmmaker cuts satire to reveal a tragicomic criticism of the art world

Behind the Schoolbag – by Nic Ho Chun Yu

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

Solus – by R. Bersot, C. Dellerie, M. Larue, T. Rodriguez

Everyone defends himself from reality: a story about loneliness and survival in CGI

Interesting Ball

A red ball bounces around the city through five incredible stories, for eventually getting to the beach.

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30% (Women and Politics in Sierra Leone)

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

021 Capalbio | GSF’s Exclusive Showcase

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.

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

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.

Conventional

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

Noah

A “screenager romance” with a spymovie-turn between attention disorder e social networking.

Nyosha – by Liran Kapel & Yael Dekel

An animated tribute to those who survived the Holocaust and to the memory of its victims

Inamorata – by A-lan Holt

A painful (and autobiographical) love story of magic and sisterhood

Goat Witch

From the creators of 'The Demon's Rook' comes Emelin & Gloria's ancient ritual: witches, demons, and deities during a full lunar eclipse…

Meanwhile

Four characters are lost in their own worlds in an nameless city, but an event will reveal their intimate connection.

Oscars 2018: 10 Documentary Shorts Finalists

Like the nominees in the feature-length Best Documentary category, these 10 films feature an array of powerful subjects

Semáforo (Stop Light)

Under a Colombian city stoplight, a formidable circus act becomes a terrifying freak show.

The Shift

1964. Joe's seemingly ordinary day takes a bad turn, as he comes home to find out that his wife hasn't been cooking dinner. And there's a very good reason for that.

Alto Sauce

A cruel crime happened in the village of Alto Sauce twenty years ago: today the case has been reopened and plays a game of mirrors between past and present.

Wolf Call – by Ramey Newell

A short doc following the work done by wolf caretaker and award-winning photographer John Ramer

The Cosmic Dope – A Plant Experience – by CLEMENTE

The experimentation of the effects of a new and unknown species of orchid: an impeccable style exercise

Solus – by R. Bersot, C. Dellerie, M. Larue, T. Rodriguez

Everyone defends himself from reality: a story about loneliness and survival in CGI

Ghost

The ghost of a little girl wanders through a dark and spooky city as her parents mourn her passing.

Transmission – by Varun Raman and Tom Hancock

Welcome To Britannia. Together We Stand Alone.

Similo

A sci-fi romance set in a dystopian future questions about artificial love and the future of humanity. (NSFW)

59th San Francisco Film Festival: 15 days of films

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

The 6 Best Iranian Short Films In the Past Years

Not only Ashghar Farhadi and Jafar Panahi: a new generation of young directors is making the Iranian cinema so proud

The Elaborate End of Robert Ebb

An innocuous practical joke goes bad, in this spectacular homage to 50s B-movies.

Adam and Eve Raised Cain – by Francesco Erba

A poetic yet disturbing stop motion horror short film