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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Retro (6)

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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Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2014

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

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.

The Provider

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

Online Preview: Where Were You When Michael Jackson Died?

Paris, a few days after the death of the King of Pop. An encounter in the back of a taxi shakes up the lives of two strangers.

Box

The first world experiment of 3D mapping on 2D objects in motion achieved via remote control of two industrial robots and the combined use of different technologies.

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.

Online Preview: La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak / Butter Lamp

A young itinerant photographer and his assistant suggest to Tibetan nomads to photograph them in front of various background.

Ulysse – by H. B. Meyrant, M. Chabannes, A. Labadie, C. Theuillon

Through digital animation a modern Ulysses brings us in his oniric trip caused by the catching gaze of a strange mermaid.

Requiem for Romance

Shortlisted for the 2014 Academy Awards Best Animated short category, a story of kung-fu and forbidden love inspired by Shanghai's past.

Are You With Me? – by Erica Genereux Smith

A sweet, ironic and sincere exploration of modern solitude (at a call center)

The Board – by David Shane

Practical tips from a teenager busy with the opposite sex

Torino Short Film Market 2017: Interview with Jacopo Chessa

From November 29 to December 1, the one and only short film market in Italy comes back with its second edition: a small talk with its creator

The Optimist

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

Nuclear Waste

He is a truck-driver at a radioactive wastes utilization plant. She works at the plant's decontamination laundry.

Where We Are

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

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

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

Cut Off

When fiction starts to blend with reality, a novelist must act quickly - his life may depend on it!

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.

Offline Dating

A 'single' guy challenges himself to find a his next date without the help of the internet.

Blue Screen – by Riccardo Bolo & Alessandro Arfuso

A documentary directed by the android filmmaker Mk3, found in an old VHS cassette, tells the rebellion of the robots against human domination

Sunspring – by Oscar Sharp

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

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

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

Harry Grows Up

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

How to Act on Reality TV – by John Wilson

The meta-movie that opens us the doors of the New York Reality TV School: not acting but real