Social Butterfly

It’s Chloè’s eighteenth birthday, and she’s celebrating it in a wonderful french countryside villa. It’s a “white party” (maybe...

An american woman enters into a teenage party in the South of France, changing the life of the birthday girl forever.

(Ad Astra Films)

USA / 14minutes

Hyper-Reality – by Keiichi Matsuda

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that technology plays an important role in our lives. A couple of weeks...

The Anglo-Japanese director describes a daily world dominated by technology

(Fractal)

UK / 6minutes

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

Cutaway

Cutaway is a very simple short build on “visual deprivation”. We follow a man working hard, doing his best to support a pregnant woman,...

Through close up details of hands, we follow the life of a single young man as he works, pursues relationships, and comes to terms with a life changing event.

(Medium Density Fibreboard Films)

Canada / 6minutes

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

Wind

A distant land where the entire social system is based on the power of the wind. Strong and relentless,...

The everyday activities of the inhabitants of an extremely windy area are hard. But what if the wind stopped blowing?

(HAW Hamburg Department Design)

Germany / 4minutes

Spirit of Berlin (July 1945)

How did Berlin look in July 1945, a few weeks after the surrender of Germany? It is shown in...

An exceptional montage of the semi-destroyed city made with rare archival materials, in colors and HD.

(CHRONOS-MEDIA GmbH)

Germany / 7minutes

The Last Ice Merchant (El Último Hielero)

Mount Chimborazo is Ecuador’s highest peak. as well as the point on the Earth that’s closest to the sun....

The life of Ecuador's last ice merchant tells a story of change and traditions.

(Jeremy Yaches, Rodrigo Donoso.)

Ecuador / 14minutes

Adam and Eve Raised Cain – by Francesco Erba

Adam and Eve Raised Cain is a disturbing short film. Stop motion animation is usually functional to tell reassuring...

A poetic yet disturbing stop motion horror short film

(Onda Video Produzioni)

Italy / 20minutes

The Shaman

The Shaman is the science-fiction short film written, directed, edited, and produced by Austrian filmmaker Marco Kalantari. Set in...

In the dark year 2204, Joshua is a Shaman sent on a mission to convert the soul of a giant battle colossus

(Marco Kalantari)

Austria / 17minutes

Online Premiere: Belva Nera

UPDATES: Matteo Zoppis and Alessio Rigo De Righi are about to debut with their first feature film il Solengo (2015...

The legend of a black panther spotted in the Lazio countryside narrated by the stories of a community of hunters between folklore and reality.

(Coda Rossa)

Italy / 33minutes

Wall

Laci is a 16-year old gypsy boy, who lives off casual jobs. Every morning, the same waiting for some...

Laci is a young gypsy worker hired to build a wall: his first look beyond holds an unusual revelation...

(Proton Cinema)

Hungary / 11minutes

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

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

Citizen versus Kane

An independent filmmaker’s ambitious project of  remaking Citizen Kane in a modern-day setting has finally took off. As it...

When death arrives on the set of a low-budget "Citizen Kane" remake, what's there to do to save the production?

(Premiere Heure)

France / 18minutes

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

In Dreams

To make his graduate film from Northumbria University, British animator Samuel Blain decided to direct a documentary about ordinary...

An experimental documentary about people's dreams, that feels like a modern take on surrealism.

(Student film)

UK / 3minutes

59th San Francisco Film Festival: 15 days of films

The 59th edition of San Francisco International Film Festival ended on the 5th of May, after two weeks of screenings, 175...

From April 21 to May 5, 175 films from 46 countries at the longest-running film festival in America

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Third Shift – by Anthony Simon

In the late 70s and early 80s, Los Sures was one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City....

The memories of two workers who spent their lives at Domino Sugar, the soon to be demolished factory on the Brooklyn waterfront

(Union Docs)

USA / 20minutes

The Chickening – by Nick DenBoer and Davy Force

It’s not so easy to talk about what Nick DenBoer and Davy Force‘s The Chickening really is. A parody? Maybe. A trailer?...

A parody? Maybe. A trailer? Possibly. An animation? Partially. A short film? Why not.

(Cineballs)

Canada / 5minutes

The Tree – by Cheikh Mohammed Horma

A lumberjack travels in the desert. There’re just sand dunes, ants, dromedary camels and bulldozers around him. A bunch...

An immersive visual experience of Sahara desert, exploring the changing balance between man and nature

(Sahara Lab)

Morocco / 9minutes

Slow

Body, desire and violence. This shortfilm by Darius Clark Monroe shows an intricate relationship with unexpected twists. The two...

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

(Self-produced)

USA / 13minutes

Don’t Forget My Words – by Riccardo Rabacchi

The short film by the Italian director Riccardo Rabacchi carries strong echoes of a Woody Allen’s movie. This comparison...

A young man with confused ideas finds himself in a weird theatre of the absurd

(Image Hunters, Dispàrte, Tropico del Libro)

Italia / 7minutes

The Driving Seat – by Phil Lowe

In order to properly write about this short movie, I felt the need to listen in loop Perfect by Ed...

The hilarious attempt of a middle aged couple to put a spark back in their marriage

(Turn the Slate Productions)

UK / 9minutes