Bismillah by Alessandro Grande: Winner of the David di Donatello Award 2018 for Best Short Film

Bismillah by Alessandro Grande is the winner of the David di Donatello Award 2018 for Best Short Film. Tender...

Exclusive interview with the director winner of the most important Italian prize

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Tiger Boy

Tiger Boy is the sixth short film directed by Gabriele Mainetti, Italian actor, director, composer and producer born in...

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.

(Goon Films)

Italy / 20minutes

Redesigning Christmas

Architects love Christmas. There’s a very simple reason for that: it is’s such a poorly designed holiday, and each...

What's Christmas like when your parents are both modernism-loving architects?

(National Film Board of Canada )

Canada / 2minutes

The Provider

It’s the 1940s, but we’re in  a dystopian, alternate reality where human survival is threatened. A man seeks refuge...

Black comedy, horror, dystopia and science fiction come together in Brianne Nord-Stewart's short.

(Random Acts Entertainment)

Canada / 8minutes

The Italian short film (potential) industry.

Is there an Italian “short film industry”? Is there an economy linked to short film sector at all? These are...

The "Report 2014" of the Italian Short Film Centre sheds a light on an key-sector of the audiovisual that struggles to define itself "industrial".

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Crush

A woman is looking for the perfect armchair, in this short film directed by Rebecca Pugh and Jen West....

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

(MinyCine Motion Picture)

USA / 7minutes

Transmission – by Varun Raman and Tom Hancock

After a long and extremely successful run in the festival circuit, British dystopian short film Transmission is now available...

Welcome To Britannia. Together We Stand Alone.

(Parallel Madness)

UK / 18minutes

Behind

Things to do to make a very good short film – write a brilliant script; shoot without distractions, even...

A regression therapy session diving a girl deeply into her distant memories turns into the materialization of cosmic entity Yog-Sothoth…

(Wanda Productions)

France / 5minutes

When Namibia Was a City…

Yusuf’s everyday life is dominated by a gorgeous and beloved routine. He wakes up in the morning and drinks...

Yusuf's everyday life is dominated by a gorgeous and beloved routine. A fishing trip could give him a chance to restore his image as the provider and head of family...

(24 Lies Per Second)

Germany / 23minutes

Head over Heels

After many years of marriage, Walter and Madge have grown distant from each other, to the point that  they...

This Oscar-nominated animation is an heartwarming tale of a married couple whose lives have grown in opposite directions.

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UK / 10minutes

Otherhalf – by Ben West

Otherhalf is described by the authors as a comedy about a man who decides to “break up” with himself. The...

A literal conflict with themselves, by Framestore

(Framestore)

USA / 10minutes

Pablo’s Villa

Villa Epecuén is a suggestive town 500 kilometers southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Back in the 1920s, a tourist...

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

(Urtext Films)

Australia / 7minutes

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

L’Ondee

A sudden rain surprises the city: umbrellas are opened, the traffic intensifies, people seek shelter when they can. A...

A small elegy of rain that nods to the history of cinema

(Folimage)

France / 8minutes

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

Harry Grows Up

Falling in Love is tough. And as your first love leaves you to go to College even the New...

New York is a tough place to find love. Especially for an 18-month-old living on his own.

(Abaloon Films)

USA / 12minutes

Where We Are

This beautiful, delicate and poignant short could be some kind of  “long-distance relationships’ manifesto”, a pretty common way of...

Separation, distance and memory: the essence of love in 85 seconds.

(Self-produced)

USA / 1minutes

Steadfast Stanley – by John Cody Kim

I believe that ugliness and beauty, rather than being two sides of the same coin, are two good neighbours which...

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." And sometimes they save it...

(CalArts)

USA / 4minutes

Malatesta Short Film Festival Unveils Its First Edition Line-Up

Three days of screenings, premieres and Q&As with directors dedicated to short films: the first edition of Malatesta Short...

Find out these 10 shorts you can watch online from the MalatestaShort official selection

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Lights Out – by David F. Sandberg

In 2013 the UK based production company Bloody Cuts launched a competition for the best horror short film, with a...

"Per aspera ad astra": from indie to major.

(Ponysmasher)

Sweden / 3minutes

30% (Women and Politics in Sierra Leone)

First shown at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, this original documentary is a collaborative effort from artist Anne Cady,...

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

(Real World Film)

UK / 8minutes

Guida – by Rosana Urbes

Guida has dedicated her life working as an archivist, her days, for thirty years, are marked by an unabashed...

Beauty of life is ageless.

(Belisa Proença)

Brazil / 11minutes

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

FOCUS ON: Myrsini Aristidou

When I interviewed Myrsini Aristidou, she gave me the impression of being delicate and authentic – and her way of being reminded...

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

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