Larry – by Jacob Chase

A man is working in a parking lot at night. Trying to pass the time, he discovers an abandoned...

A man, a parking lot, a friendship: a tender and scary tale about our loneliness

(Jacob Chase)

USA / 5minutes

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2014

A “SPECIAL” WELCOME INDEED. We are at the opening of the 60th edition of the International Short Film Festival...

In its 60th anniversary, Oberhausen sets out to discover a "cinema without film" between experimentation, memory and absence.

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PLUG

David Levy is one of the most important art directors around, and his curriculum includes films like Prometheus and...

The only survivor in a post-apocalyptic world is constantly looking for other forms of human life and answers to her questions.

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USA / 16minutes

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

MiMo – Milano Mobile Film Festival: How to Make a Short on Your Smartphone

MiMo – Milano Mobile Film Festival is the first mobile festival in Italy. It takes place in the inspiring...

The second edition of the mobile festival will end on June 8-9 and the winners will be awarded with... a personalized plant!

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8 Hours in Brooklyn

Filmed over a  period of  8 hours in Brooklyn using a Phantom Flex – a special camera that slows...

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

(Variable)

USA / 3minutes

Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival Unveils Its 7th Edition

From 15 to 18 March 2017 the spotlight will be on the Auditorium Santa Margherita in Venice for the...

The first film festival in Europe to be entirely conceived, coordinated and managed by students reveals Jury and poster

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The Surreal Animations of Jan Švankmajer

When The Guardian asked Terry Gilliam to pick his ten favorite animated films, the director included Dimensions of Dialogue,...

As the Milano Film Festival hosts a retrospective on Jan Švankmajer, we take a look at the career of the great Czech director and animator.

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Recipe for Gruel

What do you need to make gruel? A pot, water , a little oatmeal and a bible. So says...

Life in a surreal and dystopian world, one meal at a time.

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UK / 10minutes

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

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

Why we believe in shorts

The New Yorker has recently published a long article Does the Cinema Need Short Films? by Richard Brody, the magazine’s film critic,...

A recent New Yorker article highlights the renewed interest for the short film art and its importance contemporary's cinema.

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Sunspring – by Oscar Sharp

Science Fiction suggests that man’s attempts to create Artificial Intelligence will probably end badly. Real life proves that we...

A happy medium between technophobia and Skynet: A short film written by algorithm

(Therefore Films)

USA / 9minutes

Sundance Film Festival 2016: a taste from the short films program.

There has always been this unwritten rule accepted among short filmmakers that, if you publish your short online, you...

Five shorts to watch online from the 72 programmed to play over the next 10 days in Park City.

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Dark Hallucinations – by Diego Salinas

Dark Hallucinations is an experimental short film directed by Diego Salinas. Intended as an installation by Funken Studio collective,...

An immersive audiovisual installation by Funken Studio, a chronicle of darkness where life loses every possible grip

(Funken Studio)

Chile / USA / 3minutes

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

Magic Alps Is the Only Italian Short Film Selected at Clermont-Ferrand 2018

The Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival is one of the world’s most popular short film fests and the second largest...

Exclusive interview with the directors of one of the most unique Italian short film of the year

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Ghost

The grief process is a recurring theme throughout the history of cinema. Extremely subjective and universal at the same...

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

(Self Produced)

Denmark / 8minutes

The Story of 90 Coins – by Michael Wong

Genre films are always a challenge as much as they are a threat. Especially in such explored topic as love, the combinations...

A genre film about gender roles, and the experience of love through promise, misunderstanding and regret.

(Hiersun Productions)

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Online Premiere: The Show MAS Go On

What is MAS? Let’s explain it to non-roman citizens. It is a legendary shop in Rome, nearby Piazza Vittorio, in...

Artist Rä di Martino celebrates MAS , the Roman famed "department stores of the people", with a art-doc poised between fiction and reality.

(Produzione Illuminati / Think Cattleya / Federica Maria Bianchi (Snaporazverein))

Italian / 30minutes

Memories of Papé, the short film by Nicolas Polixene

Memories of Papé Diary of my short film. The beginning My name is Nicolas Polixene and I’m 33 years old. Native...

The private diary by French director of Martinique descent

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Atropa

From the director of HENRi, a sci-fi short film selected by the most important festivals around the world, another genre...

In the outer space, a detective is looking for a mysterious missing ship.

(Corridor Productions)

USA / 9minutes

Past Forward, David O. Russell’s Star-Studded Prada Short Film

Past Forward is the multi-platform short film collaboration between Miuccia Prada and David O. Russell. A “cinema poem,” a surreal,...

The acclaimed director filmed a surreal, futuristic silent "cinema poem" in black & white

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Focus On: Federica Gianni, Director of Primo and The Friend from Tel Aviv

Federica Gianni‘s gaze upon the world is unusual. It’s piercing and slanted. She is a NYC-based Italian writer/director and...

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

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