Alejandro G. Iñárritu Takes On Virtual Reality Short On Refugees

Alejandro G. Iñárritu has decided to take on the challenge of virtual reality and short film. The two-time Oscar-winning...

The two-time Oscar-winning director is working on an experimental project set in the Mexican-US border

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Online Premiere: Thriller

With the city of Taranto bent by pollution and uncertainty for the future in the background, Michael, 14, goes around...

Michele dreams to dance in TV like his idol Michael Jackson, but the protest in which his father is involved threatens his dream.

(Basiliciak)

Italian / 14minutes

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

Attraction – by Michael Rodrigues

Attraction is the fashion film directed by South African filmmaker Michael Rodrigues for And Advertising Agency. Featuring jackets by...

A tasty experience of desire and yearning – which is how to shoot a perfect fashion film

(And Advertising Agency, Frosted Films)

South Africa / 4minutes

FOCUS ON: Mario Furloni

His short documentary Pot Country, co-directed with Kate McLean, was in the official selection of HotDocs, Big Sky and Mill...

Focus on his work, Freeland and the Filmaker360 residency

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Mute

In a world where people are born without a mouth, everyone is very frustrated and unhappy. The all want...

In a world where people are born without a mouth, a gory accident leads to a discovery that will change their lives forever.

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Netherlands / 4minutes

Taxi Cab Teranga

A day in new york. A man gets up and goes to work. A girl, perhaps n the other...

A day in the life of Omar, a Senegalese taxi driver in New York City, who learns that any day could be his last.

(Self-produced)

USA / 11minutes

ZIMNIK – The Ice Road

Siberia. We are in the district of Evenkiysky, in the Krasnoyarsky region, located in the center of the Russian territory, that...

A trip along the Zimnik, the ice roads that cross the Siberian wilderness during the long winter months.

(dikiy.me)

Lithuania / 16minutes

Runaway – by Emily Buchanan, Susan Yung and Esther Parobek

In the Internet of Things era, loving a refrigerator will not be so weird. Probably it’ll be easy to...

The best time of the year to love your refrigerator

(Paper Planes)

USA / 4minutes

Kokosmos – by Anna Radchenko

“Glory to the Soviet People, pioneers of the cosmos!”, as a dazzling propaganda poster put it during the Space...

A hymn to cosmic enthusiasm in socialist societies, coming up online (not for nothing) on Russia's Cosmonautics Day

(KODE Media)

Russia / 2minutes

Shorts not to miss at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival

The 2015 Sundance Film Festival kicks off this week, and the shorts film program is comprised of 60 films...

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A Brief History of John Baldessari

How will John Baldessari be remembered in a 100 years?  As “The guy who put dots over people’s faces”,...

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

(Moxie Pictures)

USA / 6minutes

Soy negra, soy marica y soy puta – by Hugo Meijer & Cas van der Pas

Soy negra, soy marica y soy puta (I’m Queer, I’m Black, and I’m a Prostitute) is the debut short...

A documentary about Diana Navarro, a lawyer, trade unionist and prostitute who's fighting for LGBTQ rights

(Invisible Doors)

Colombia / 21minutes

Box

“Box” is a “demonstrative” shortfilm published by Bot & Dolly, a San Francisco-based production house specialized in robotics, automation and shooting...

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.

(Bot & Dolly )

USA / 5minutes

Where We Are

This beautiful, delicate and poignant short could be some kind of  “long-distance relationships’ manifesto”, a pretty common way of...

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

(Self-produced)

USA / 1minutes

The Short Films of Agnès Varda

Probably one of the most remarkable traits of Agnès Varda’s filmography is that she never cared too much for...

An overview of some of the French New Wave filmmaker's most remarkable short films

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97% – by Ben Brand

97% is a short written and directed by the young Dutch director Ben Brand, that explores our emotional dependency on...

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

(Caviar)

Netherlands / 8minutes

Rise – by David Karlak

In a not so far future, robots develop feelings. This unexpected event scares humanity, which reacts as a frightened child...

A justified revolt of the machines.

(Underground Films / Vertigo Entertainment)

USA / 5minutes

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

The Mistery of Flying Kicks

We saw them on the street, in the most diverse cities in the world, in movies, music videos, maybe...

A brilliant "collabortaivo short-doc" about the urban mystery of sneakers hanging from overhead power lines.

(Closer Productions )

Australia / 14minutes

Otherhalf – by Ben West

Otherhalf is described by the authors as a comedy about a man who decides to “break up” with himself. The...

A literal conflict with themselves, by Framestore

(Framestore)

USA / 10minutes

Online Premiere: Who’s Afraid of the Big Black Wolf? – by Janez Lapajne

Janez Lapajne is a Slovenian independent filmmaker and former (first) president of the Directors Guild of Slovenia. Born in...

A multicultural triangle in the occupied Europe of 1944: a sensual and emotional Alpine story of two tunes and one whistle

(Triglav Film)

Slovenia / 25minutes

OPEN CALL: WE ARE LOOKING FOR CONTRIBUTORS!

Join our team! Write about the best short films from around the world, help us finding the next filmmaking...

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Panorama – by Gianluca Abbate

Panorama, world premiered at the International Film Festival of Clermont-Ferrand Short Film 2014, is the animated short film directed by Gianluca...

A polis stretches away over an infinite global space with no more uninhabited places nor frontiers

(Self-Produced)

Italy / 7minutes