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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
The Pavement

The pavement, the night, those eyes, the glass, the red, the smoke, those lips, her touch, the pavement… Wait,...

The city at night, a couple, a gunshot... nothing is what it seems in this innovative and highly suspenseful neo-noir.

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USA / 3minutes
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A night chase where "nothing is as it seems", in this award-winning Italian thriller.

(Briciola TV)

Italy / 15minutes
The Cat Piano

A “feline” film noir with “beatnik” nuances: that would be the best way to describe The Cat Piano, an...

A noir animation, set in the jazz feline underworld, narrated by Nick Cave's charming and mysterious voice.

(The People's Republic Of Animation.)

Australia / 8minutes
Malaria

Western, the quintessential film genre, has been reinterpreted in many ways throughout the history of cinema. Post-modern filmmakers such...

A classic Western story of death and revenge told with an innovative mix of stop motion techniques, in-camera effects and animation.

(Self-produced)

Brazil / 6minutes
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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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 Pavement

The city at night, a couple, a gunshot... nothing is what it seems in this innovative and highly suspenseful neo-noir.

Online Preview: The Snake

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

The Cat Piano

A noir animation, set in the jazz feline underworld, narrated by Nick Cave's charming and mysterious voice.

Malaria

A classic Western story of death and revenge told with an innovative mix of stop motion techniques, in-camera effects and animation.

Random Stop

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

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La Huida – The Runaway

The colorful deconstruction of a moment in the life of a group of bizarre characters.

The 10 Best Short Films of 2017 (Available Online)

From China to Lebanon, here are the best of the best (strictly available online!) from an incredible, unpredictable year for shorts

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.

Player Two – by John Wikstrom

Can video games be a spiritual experience? The game will never be over

Berliner

An ode with elegiac tones that celebrates the German capital through the faces of its inhabitants and the intimacy of their homes.

A Reasonable Request – by Andrew Laurich

How to re-build a father-son relationship in an unconventional way.

Belly

A coming of age tale about brotherhood, friendship and separation.

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

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

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.

Online Preview: Houses with Small Windows

A powerful and yet muted portrait of an honour killing in the rural Kurdish Southeast of Turkey, "Best Film" at 021 Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Fest.

Dylan

A young transgender tells us his story on his early morning journey to Conney Island.

Fugu & Tako

The friendship between two Japanese white collar men changes as one of them turns into a puffer fish inside a sushi bar.

Little Shit – by Richard Gorodecky

A child's journey to discover his and London's hidden nature

97% – by Ben Brand

Bert's race against time to find the match of his life among the subway cars.

FOCUS ON: Alberto Guerra and Massimiliano Nicolè

Interview with the authors of the short web series 'Have you seen Tom Collins?,' winner at the Rome Web Awards

The Story of 90 Coins – by Michael Wong

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

HollyShorts Film Festival 2020 Starts the Race to the Oscars

The Oscar-qualifying festival to showcase 418 short films with 128 international projects from 36 countries

The Robbery – by Jim Cummings

After Thunder Road, another dark comedy where a robbery doesn't go so well

Father – by Santiago ‘Bou’ Grasso

The flow of daily life in the shadow of dictatorship

The People’s Network Showcase: A New Generation of Short Films Directors

The channel created by Robert Rodriguez launches a new User Generated short films series

La Boca Del Léon

A man obsessed with the world of dead messes up with the dark arts and make one last call for help.

Split

A man suffers in a peculiar way after splitting up from his girlfriend: lies and guilt lead him through an extreme physical reaction…

Coda

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

A Brief History of John Baldessari

Narrated by Tom Waits, a pop documentary about "The guy who put dots over people's faces".