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Three Fitted Flies – by Sois de Traca

Three Fitted Flies (Tres moscas a medida) is a 2D animated short film directed by the Spanish directors María Álvarez and Elisa Morais. Sois...

Bereavement between faith and superstition: the amazing 2D animation by the Spanish collective

(Sois de Traca)

Spain / 8minutes
Adam and Eve Raised Cain – by Francesco Erba

Adam and Eve Raised Cain is a disturbing short film. Stop motion animation is usually functional to tell reassuring...

A poetic yet disturbing stop motion horror short film

(Onda Video Produzioni)

Italy / 20minutes
Sequence – by Carles Torrens

The common saying “the man or woman of your dreams” is mostly referred to an unreachable ideal, which is...

Daydreaming could be so dangerous...

(Fortress Features)

Spain / 20minutes
Don’t Forget My Words – by Riccardo Rabacchi

The short film by the Italian director Riccardo Rabacchi carries strong echoes of a Woody Allen’s movie. This comparison...

A young man with confused ideas finds himself in a weird theatre of the absurd

(Image Hunters, Dispàrte, Tropico del Libro)

Italia / 7minutes
The Chickening – by Nick DenBoer and Davy Force

It’s not so easy to talk about what Nick DenBoer and Davy Force‘s The Chickening really is. A parody? Maybe. A trailer?...

A parody? Maybe. A trailer? Possibly. An animation? Partially. A short film? Why not.

(Cineballs)

Canada / 5minutes
Eat My Shit

Samantha (Anna Marìa Polverosa) has taken a selfie of her face and posted it on Instagram, but it has...

The moving story of a girl whose butthole is where her mouth should be.

(The Other Side Films)

Spain / 3minutes

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Three Fitted Flies – by Sois de Traca

Bereavement between faith and superstition: the amazing 2D animation by the Spanish collective

Adam and Eve Raised Cain – by Francesco Erba

A poetic yet disturbing stop motion horror short film

Sequence – by Carles Torrens

Daydreaming could be so dangerous...

Don’t Forget My Words – by Riccardo Rabacchi

A young man with confused ideas finds himself in a weird theatre of the absurd

The Chickening – by Nick DenBoer and Davy Force

A parody? Maybe. A trailer? Possibly. An animation? Partially. A short film? Why not.

Eat My Shit

The moving story of a girl whose butthole is where her mouth should be.

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Online Premiere: Mario de Marcella – Il Solengo

The incredible story of a solitary man living in the Vejano forest in the heart of Italy.

FOCUS ON: Farnoosh Samadi and Ali Asgari

Interview with the directors behind "The Silence," the Italian entry in Competition at Cannes 2016

The Life and Death of Tommy Chaos and Stacey Danger

The adventurous love story of a young couple escaping dinosaurs through spaceships and submarines.

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.

Don’t Forget My Words – by Riccardo Rabacchi

A young man with confused ideas finds himself in a weird theatre of the absurd

The Board – by David Shane

Practical tips from a teenager busy with the opposite sex

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.

Online Premiere: Dinola

In the cold mountains of Georgia, a widow is forced to marry another man and leave her life and child behind.

Dr. Easy

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

Expo

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

Pablo’s Villa

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

Symphony no. 42 – by Réka Bucsi

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

Analogue People in a Digital Age

As the analogue age draws to a close, eight men sit in an Irish bar and battle to remain relevant in the digital world.

Next Floor

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

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.

The Story of Ones

Like entering a roomful of stories, the sound of the Vietnamese state radio introduces us into the city life of Hanoi.

Edmond – by Nina Gantz

A stop motion bitter sweet black poetry

Sundance 2018: 4 Online Shorts You Can Watch Now

Let's dispel the myth that "if you post your short online, you are blown for A-list festivals"

Online Preview: Cargo

A history of exploitation and redemption at the gates of Rome, which subverts the canonical relation victim-perpetrator.

The Christmas Light Killer

A man spends his December nights shutting down the power for a huge holiday light show. What is his point?

Kung Fury

A cop martial arts expert is sent back in time to defeat Hitler...

Wanderers

A spectacular and scientifically based (pre)vision of humanity's expansion into the Solar System, commented by Carl Sagan's original voice.

Berliner

An ode with elegiac tones that celebrates the German capital through the faces of its inhabitants and the intimacy of their homes.

Autobiographical Scene Number 6882

A group of friends watches as one of them attempts to jump into the water from a bridge.