The Landing – by Josh Tanner

It all starts (or ends) in a hospital room, where a mature man stands watching the last glimpe of...

Summer of 1960, a Midwestern farm: Where is the enemy?

(Perception Pictures)

Australia / 18minutes

The Shaman

The Shaman is the science-fiction short film written, directed, edited, and produced by Austrian filmmaker Marco Kalantari. Set in...

In the dark year 2204, Joshua is a Shaman sent on a mission to convert the soul of a giant battle colossus

(Marco Kalantari)

Austria / 17minutes

Behind The Scene

One of the most distinctive signs of authorship, turned into an art by directors such as Antonioni, Scorsese and...

An ironic look at the backstage of an hypothetical commercial.

(Self-produced)

USA / 10minutes

FOCUS ON: Jack Dunphy

Jack Dunphy mixes love and humour, cutout paper characters and death. Serenity is a profound story made of simple elements. Serenity was...

Love, death and icecream for breakfast: small talk with the Brooklyn-based filmmaker

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Wrinkles of the City: Focus On Guillaume Cagniard

Wrinkles of the City is an artistic project started in 2008 by French artist JR. The project was realized...

Interview with Guillaume Cagnaird and his short about the work of artist JR

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Autobiographical Scene Number 6882

(from Jeffrey Bowers via Vice)  A group of friends are walking across a bridge, discussing the finer aspects of alcohol, when they begin...

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

(Plattform Produktion)

Sweden / 9minutes

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

Robbie

The use of found footage is quite common in contemporary cinema. A recurring device in horror and science fiction,...

The incredible story of a robot, made using only NASA's archival footage.

(Self-produced)

Australia / 8minutes

Marilyn Myller

In the beginning it was nothing. And then everything appeared. Explosions of light and matter, forms that combine and...

A witty satire on the art world and the anxieties of the creative process masterfully directed by stop-motion animation genius Mikey Please.

(Blink Industries)

UK / 7minutes

The Story of Ones

The story of one could be an experience for all. Telling these stories is the mission of Pham Ngoc...

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

(Hanoi DOCLAB)

Vietnam / 9minutes

Chop My Money – by Theo Anthony

Patient, the protagonist of Chop My Money, short doc directed by Theo Anthony, lives in Goma, Congo. In Congo there...

This world is not the world: a day in the life of three street kids in the Eastern Congo

(Theo Anthony Productions, LLC)

USA / 13minutes

Citizen versus Kane

An independent filmmaker’s ambitious project of  remaking Citizen Kane in a modern-day setting has finally took off. As it...

When death arrives on the set of a low-budget "Citizen Kane" remake, what's there to do to save the production?

(Premiere Heure)

France / 18minutes

Pilgrims – by John Doan

What time can do to a man? Joseph Brodsky’s obsession becomes flesh in John Doan’s body. Based on the...

What time can do to a man? Joseph Brodsky's obsession becomes a short film

(Reload Reality Films)

Germany / Ukraine / 6minutes

Limbus – by Michael Philipp

1918, the First World War is over, two soldiers can finally make their way home. They survived, but their...

In war, beside life, you lose first of all yourself

(Luxs)

Switzerland / 25minutes

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A Morning Stroll – by Grant Orchard

One day, during a morning walk, a man meets a chicken. The chicken turns the corner, it mounts the stairs of a flat,...

A New Yorker and a chicken: an exercise in style by Grant Orchard

(Studio AKA)

UK / 7minutes

Ududeagu

Before there were kings, there was a spider – life and death intertwine in Ududeagu, the intimate and mystery...

Before there were kings, there was a spider: language and body as habitat in a dark and mystery mutant experiment

(Akwaeke Emezi)

Nigeria / 2minutes

The Most Astounding Fact

In an interview with Time, astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson shares his personal and poetic perspective on the wonders of...

“What’s the most astounding fact you can share with us about the universe?” The astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson answers.

(Self-produced)

USA / 4minutes

Alejandro G. Iñárritu Takes On Virtual Reality Short On Refugees

Alejandro G. Iñárritu has decided to take on the challenge of virtual reality and short film. The two-time Oscar-winning...

The two-time Oscar-winning director is working on an experimental project set in the Mexican-US border

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I’m a Mitzvah

“Mitzvah” is an Hebrew term that means “commandment.” In its secondary meaning, however,  it also refers to all those charitable...

The bittersweet adventure of a young American man who spends one last night with his deceased friend while stranded in rural Mexico.

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USA / 18minutes

Sebastian – by Sam Fragoso

Sebastian is the first short film written and directed by Sam Fragoso, formerly a film critic and actually the...

An emigrating father writes home to his son: a short film that tells in 3 minutes what is America today

(Sam Fragoso)

USA / 3minutes

Bum-Bum Doch’ Rybaka (Bum-Bum, The Baby of The Fisher)

In a seaside village inhabited by animals and anthropomorphic creatures with odd, long noses, a lone fisherman carries out its...

A sweet and surreal tale realised by Ivan Maximov, one of the most important Russian animators, winner of the Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival 2014.

(Fund Goubernia)

Russia / 9minutes

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

Slow

Body, desire and violence. This shortfilm by Darius Clark Monroe shows an intricate relationship with unexpected twists. The two...

An online-dating hook up takes an unexpected turn cause of the men's different expectations.

(Self-produced)

USA / 13minutes