Retro | Good Short Films

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
The Shift

American suburbs, 1964. An ordinary day in the life of an ordinary man. Joe, our protagonist, comes home from...

1964. Joe's seemingly ordinary day takes a bad turn, as he comes home to find out that his wife hasn't been cooking dinner. And there's a very good reason for that.

(Eppich Films )

USA / 9minutes
The Saddest Boy in the World

Timothy Higgins recalls his entire life on the day of his ninth birthday. He’s constantly thinking about suicide. Written and...

The birthday party of the saddest boy in the world.

(Modern Family Productions )

Canada / 14minutes
Sniffer

In a not so distant future, not much has changed… except for the force of gravity. For some reason,...

In a not so distant future, the absence of gravity complicates the everyday life, but for true dreamers it could also be a way to escape it all.

(Dream Factory)

Norway / 10minutes
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 Elaborate End of Robert Ebb

50’s B-movies, R.K.O., drive-ins, Universal’s monster movies…. All these and more inspired Clement Bolla, Fx Goby and Matthieu Landour...

An innocuous practical joke goes bad, in this spectacular homage to 50s B-movies.

(Nexus Productions)

France / 13minutes

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Guida – by Rosana Urbes

Beauty of life is ageless.

The Shift

1964. Joe's seemingly ordinary day takes a bad turn, as he comes home to find out that his wife hasn't been cooking dinner. And there's a very good reason for that.

The Saddest Boy in the World

The birthday party of the saddest boy in the world.

Sniffer

In a not so distant future, the absence of gravity complicates the everyday life, but for true dreamers it could also be a way to escape it all.

The Provider

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

The Elaborate End of Robert Ebb

An innocuous practical joke goes bad, in this spectacular homage to 50s B-movies.

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Uncanny Valley

In the slums of the future, virtual reality junkies satisfy their violent impulses in online entertainment.

Elefante

A man is very unhappy with his life, but when he will be diagnosed with a rare syndrome, everything will change.

Melancholy – Ta Tristesse: Interview with Jacinthe Folon

A little conversation with the young Belgian director, winner of the Music Video International Competition at Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival

Leonard in Slow Motion

Leonard moves in slow motion, but lives in a normally-paced world.

Yardbird

A solitary young girl is forced to come out of hiding to face the town bullies, but the thing she fears the most is herself.

The Optimist

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

Movie Creative Contest: the winner!

"Support the superheroes" is the script winner of the I edition of the contest: a modern tale about the "greatness of being a researcher."

Sofia

The fragility of family relationships through the intimate communication between two young sisters.

Lost Property

When you lose something dear to your heart, there is only one place it can be found. The Lost Property office.

FOCUS ON: Farnoosh Samadi and Ali Asgari

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

Agua Viva – by Alexa Lim Haas

A short animation about feelings that no language can describe.

Thunder Road – by Jim Cummings

Officer Arnaud loved his mom... The 2016 Sundance short winner

Online Premiere: Mario de Marcella – Il Solengo

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

Monsieur Cok

In times of war, a ruthless yet childish factory owner decides to replace all his workers with robots. A riot ensues.

The Cosmic Dope – A Plant Experience – by CLEMENTE

The experimentation of the effects of a new and unknown species of orchid: an impeccable style exercise

World of Glory (Opening Scene)

A plain, ordinary man tells us about his work as a real-estate broker, his dead father, his ordinary home and so on in a naturalistic voice, lacking any emotions.

Slow

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

Online Preview: The Snake

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

The Italian short film (potential) industry.

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".

The Arab Series #2: The Curse

Fatine has ventured far from the village to meet her older lover. When she is caught by a group of children, all she wants to do is go home.

Crowfunding: “Lindiota” – by Chiara Livia Arrigo

Life and memory of a lonly anti-hero from Lindos, between rotoscope and live footage.

Transmission – by Varun Raman and Tom Hancock

Welcome To Britannia. Together We Stand Alone.

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.

Papa – by Natalie Labarre

The diary of an imperfect father who tries hard to be a perfect dad.