Thriller | Good Short Films

Prey – by Aćim Vasic

The twist, the sudden and surprising turn, is quite often what makes a short film memorable. It is the...

The perfect night of a predator turns out as a veritable nightmare

(Bridges)

France / 8minutes
Alto Sauce

Alto Sauce is a small town in the deep Spanish province. A cruel crime happened in the village twenty...

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.

(Escándalo Films)

Spain / 17minutes
Envelope

Some feelings are universal. The apprehensive await for a the mailman and the important letter he’s bringing. Evgeniy’s passion since...

An innovative thriller starring Kevin Spacey, set in the Russia's Cold War era.

(Trigger Street Productions)

Russia / 17minutes
The Brain Hack – by Joseph White

Neurotheology, technology, science, conspiracy theories, simulation, deception, psychosis, suspense, fear, excitement, mystery, revelation, surprise: rarely a short film manages...

Two students create a short-cut to induce hallucinogenic visions of God, but find themselves hunted by a deadly religious sect.

(Charlotte Walls)

USA / 19minutes
Online Preview: The Snake

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A night chase where "nothing is as it seems", in this award-winning Italian thriller.

(Briciola TV)

Italy / 15minutes
Random Stop

A quiet day in the life of a county police officer. One routine stope, a phone call with his...

A gripping first person POV reenactment of the tragic last moments of the life of a police officer.

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USA / 6minutes

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Prey – by Aćim Vasic

The perfect night of a predator turns out as a veritable nightmare

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.

Envelope

An innovative thriller starring Kevin Spacey, set in the Russia's Cold War era.

The Brain Hack – by Joseph White

Two students create a short-cut to induce hallucinogenic visions of God, but find themselves hunted by a deadly religious sect.

Online Preview: The Snake

A night chase where "nothing is as it seems", in this award-winning Italian thriller.

Random Stop

A gripping first person POV reenactment of the tragic last moments of the life of a police officer.

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Conventional

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

Duku Spacemarines

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

Slow

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

The Optimist

A young book lover tries desperately to get the book everyone else has.

A girl named Elastika

A simple yet very creative stop-motion short about a girl made of rubber bands traveling on a pinboard.

8 Hours in Brooklyn

A slow-motion ride along the streets of Brooklyn, NYC.

Kung Fury

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

Coda

A lost soul wandering in the city until he's reached by the specter of Death in a revelatory encounter.

Meanwhile

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

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.

The Short Films of Agnès Varda

An overview of some of the French New Wave filmmaker's most remarkable short films

Online Preview: Newton’s First Law

Physics applied to life and a last chance to take, because it is never too late to find love.

Gaiwan – by Elia Mouatamid

A grave yard, two men: a parable on hope and death, which equates men beyond preconceptions

Bora Bora – by Bogdan Mirică

The absurdity of life in one of the most drought-affected areas in Romania

Ouro – by Pierre-Jean Le Moël & Eva Jiahui Gao

A fairytale in action about vengeance, Ouroboros, and the power of women

Happiness – by Steve Cutts

Can we buy happiness? Are we really trapped? An economic textbook about our contemporary society

Cruising

A psychedelic trip inside the mind of a young boy.

Marilyn Myller

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

Killing Klaus Kinski – by Spiros Stathoulopoulos

The vertiginous reimagination of a myth of the history of film: the filming of Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog

The Chair of Life – by Carlos Valle

The short film awarded with the First Prize at Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival 2016: a touching reflection about old age

All Men Are Called Robert – by Marc-Henri Boulier

An anxiety run through a brutal truth

30% (Women and Politics in Sierra Leone)

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

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.

Guiding Sights

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?