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Calcio Storico (Historic Football)

Blood, dust and broken bones. Every year, between the second and the third week of June, four teams face off...

No rules, only one ball and two narrow slits where to throw it in: it's the "calcio storico fiorentino", forerunner of the modern soccer.

(Narratively)

Spain / 9minutes

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Nuclear Waste

Nuclear Waste (Yaderni wydhody) is the striking fourth short film by Ukrainian director Miroslav Slaboshpitsky, following Incident (2006), Diagnosis (2009) and Deafness (2010) which represent some kind...

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

(Arthouse Traffic, Volodymyr Tykhyy)

Ukraine / 23minutes
Online Preview: Cargo

The online preview is expired, but you can still read the review and watch the clip. Cargo is the...

A history of exploitation and redemption at the gates of Rome, which subverts the canonical relation victim-perpetrator.

(Kino Produzioni)

Italian / 16minutes
Carmen – by Giuseppe Cardaci

A group of aspiring actresses is waiting for their audition to get the main role for the iconic opera...

What happens when impossible dreams strive to come true?

(Santa Fe University of Art and Design)

Italia / 7minutes
L’Ondee

A sudden rain surprises the city: umbrellas are opened, the traffic intensifies, people seek shelter when they can. A...

A small elegy of rain that nods to the history of cinema

(Folimage)

France / 8minutes
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
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
Lost Property

In a Lost & Found office an old man is working behind his desk. Every day an old lady enters...

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

(Produced by Tom Mortimer)

UK / minutes
FOCUS ON: Tamar Rudoy

Daughter of the Bride premiered at Cannes 2016 Directors’ Fortnight. Written by Timna Rose Perez and directed by Tamar Rudoy, the short...

Interview with the Israeli director of Daughter of the Bride, premiered at Cannes 2016 Directors' Fortnight

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The Moment – by Karis Oh

“The moment” is what makes us look up and stop the thoughts, it is time to insight. These few words...

What really matters in the end of life?

(Self Produced)

USA / 3minutes
Offline Dating

Are we still able to approach a person without the use of internet? This is the question British director Samuel...

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

(Joshua Smith & Samuel Abrahams )

UK / 6minutes
Belly Flop – by Jeremy Collins and Kelly Dillon

Belly Flop is a short film inspired by perseverance. Directed by Jeremy Collins and Kelly Dillon, this is the funny...

Good things come to those who wait in the South-African short film challenging the US dominion in animated cinema

(Triggerfish Animation)

South Africa / 5minutes
Double King – by Felix Colgrave

Centuries ago there lived… “A king!” my little readers will say immediately. Yes. It’s right! In this time the...

An animated short film about love... and regicide

(Self-produced)

Australia / 10minutes
Movie Creative Contest: the winner!

Emanuele Milasi (pictured above), 30, from Reggio Calabria, is the winner of our first Movie Creative Contest: an initiative...

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

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(Italiano) Good Short Films presenta la prima Private View all’iQOS Embassy di Milano

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italiano.

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Online Preview: Newton’s First Law

“When viewed in an inertial reference frame, an object either remains at rest or continues to move at a constant...

Physics applied to life and a last chance to take, because it is never too late to find love.

(CSC)

Italy / 20minutes
All Flowers in Time

A creepy old man, two frightened teenagers, a child and a girl that play a game of making scary...

Chloè Sevigny stars in a surreal story about possession and scary faces.

(Phi Centre)

USA / 14minutes
Lago Film Fest 2020, The Woodstock Of Short Films Wants You

Nine days of screenings, premieres, events, concerts, workshops, artistic performances and meetings. This year (from 24 July to 1...

From 24 July to 1 August, Revine Lago is taken over by Italy's biggest short films party: the call is open

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Why we believe in shorts

The New Yorker has recently published a long article Does the Cinema Need Short Films? by Richard Brody, the magazine’s film critic,...

A recent New Yorker article highlights the renewed interest for the short film art and its importance contemporary's cinema.

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You won’t regret that tattoo

A tattoo is for life… so what if you regret it? This one of the most frequently asked questions...

There's a lot of talk about tattoos, but this is the first time we see people from an older generation who are proud to sport the ink they wear.

(Michelle Woodward)

Canada / 13minutes
Behind the Schoolbag – by Nic Ho Chun Yu

Shaun’s childhood is hell – hunted by other students, ridiculed, excluded, victim of cruel jokes. He’s really exasperated and thinks that the solution...

Against bullying, love yourself: a story about self-salvation

(Intoxic Studio)

Hong Kong / 9minutes
Bim Bam Boom, Las Luchas Morenas!

Rossy, Esther, and Cynthia Moreno are three sisters, better known as Las Luchas Morenas. They did Lucha Libre, the...

Bim Bam Boom, meet Las Luchas Morenas! Rossy, Esther and Cynthia are three sisters and professional luchadoras: their life through family, ring and… pig heads!

(CPH:DOX)

USA, Denmark, Mexico, France, Lebanon / 13minutes
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
Holiday Fear – by Nicholas Payne Santos

The last 3 minutes and 50 seconds of a slasher movie. The girl encounters one more time the killer...

The last 3 minutes and 50 seconds of a slasher movie: who has the balls to kill Bad Santa?

(BullMoose Pictures)

USA / 4minutes
Behind the Biennale: A Short History of the World’s Most Important Art Exhibition

What would the world be like without the Venice Biennale? Director Oscar Boyson asked this question to a group...

What would the world be like without the Venice Biennale? This short doc answers to the question in a very pop manner through archival images, artworks and interviews.

(Artsy)

USA / 6minutes

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Calcio Storico (Historic Football)

No rules, only one ball and two narrow slits where to throw it in: it's the "calcio storico fiorentino", forerunner of the modern soccer.

On Replay

Nuclear Waste

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

Online Preview: Cargo

A history of exploitation and redemption at the gates of Rome, which subverts the canonical relation victim-perpetrator.

Carmen – by Giuseppe Cardaci

What happens when impossible dreams strive to come true?

L’Ondee

A small elegy of rain that nods to the history of cinema

ZIMNIK – The Ice Road

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

Recipe for Gruel

Life in a surreal and dystopian world, one meal at a time.

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: Tamar Rudoy

Interview with the Israeli director of Daughter of the Bride, premiered at Cannes 2016 Directors' Fortnight

The Moment – by Karis Oh

What really matters in the end of life?

Offline Dating

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

Belly Flop – by Jeremy Collins and Kelly Dillon

Good things come to those who wait in the South-African short film challenging the US dominion in animated cinema

Double King – by Felix Colgrave

An animated short film about love... and regicide

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."

(Italiano) Good Short Films presenta la prima Private View all’iQOS Embassy di Milano

Online Preview: Newton’s First Law

Physics applied to life and a last chance to take, because it is never too late to find love.

All Flowers in Time

Chloè Sevigny stars in a surreal story about possession and scary faces.

Lago Film Fest 2020, The Woodstock Of Short Films Wants You

From 24 July to 1 August, Revine Lago is taken over by Italy's biggest short films party: the call is open

Why we believe in shorts

A recent New Yorker article highlights the renewed interest for the short film art and its importance contemporary's cinema.

You won’t regret that tattoo

There's a lot of talk about tattoos, but this is the first time we see people from an older generation who are proud to sport the ink they wear.

Behind the Schoolbag – by Nic Ho Chun Yu

Against bullying, love yourself: a story about self-salvation

Bim Bam Boom, Las Luchas Morenas!

Bim Bam Boom, meet Las Luchas Morenas! Rossy, Esther and Cynthia are three sisters and professional luchadoras: their life through family, ring and… pig heads!

Otherhalf – by Ben West

A literal conflict with themselves, by Framestore

Holiday Fear – by Nicholas Payne Santos

The last 3 minutes and 50 seconds of a slasher movie: who has the balls to kill Bad Santa?

Behind the Biennale: A Short History of the World’s Most Important Art Exhibition

What would the world be like without the Venice Biennale? This short doc answers to the question in a very pop manner through archival images, artworks and interviews.