Concorto Film Festival 2019: the Italian Fefreshing Oasis of Short Films

Concorto Film Festival 2019 does not disappoint. The Italian event (from August 17th to August 24th in Pontenure, part...

From August 17th to 24th in Pontenure (Piacenza), in the suggestive location of Parco Raggio, the 18th edition of the event: 51 shorts in competition, focus, workshops and lots of music

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Online Premiere: I Navigli

A “coxless pair” slips smoothly along the calm waters of the Navigli. It passes through the city of Milan heading south-west, to...

Life and feelings of two rowers training in the placid waters of the historic canals in Milan.

(Colto produzioni)

Italy / 6minutes

All Men Are Called Robert – by Marc-Henri Boulier

A naked and scared young man runs through the woods, chased by someone. His confused and desperate run is...

An anxiety run through a brutal truth

(Insolence Productions, R! Stone Productions)

Francia / 6minutes

Bum-Bum Doch’ Rybaka (Bum-Bum, The Baby of The Fisher)

In a seaside village inhabited by animals and anthropomorphic creatures with odd, long noses, a lone fisherman carries out its...

A sweet and surreal tale realised by Ivan Maximov, one of the most important Russian animators, winner of the Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival 2014.

(Fund Goubernia)

Russia / 9minutes

Lost Cubert

Cubert’s life revolves around his monotonous and repetitive work. He repeats the same actions every day, in the cold...

The monotonous and repetitive work of an everyday man suddenly turns into an Escherian nightmare.

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Germany / 6minutes

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

Fucking Bunnies – by Teemu Niukkanen

What would you do if your new neighbor was the leader of a satanic cult, wearing a black metal...

What would you do if your new neighbor was the warm and friendly leader of a satanic cult?

(Komeetta)

Finland / 17minutes

Person to Person

Back in March 2014, New Yorker critic Richard Brody wrote an article about the role of shorts in the...

A New Yorker's daily life is halted as he finds a stranger girl sleeping on his apartment's floor.

(Arts+Labor)

USA / 18minutes

Cinematics – by Pier Paolo

A boring evening? Let’s challenge your friends to recognize all the films quoted in Cinematics. The experimental short film directed by...

A funny visual timeline of classic films and characters

(Self Produced)

Brazil / 1minutes

Anteprima Trailer: Merry Go Round

We are glad to present the trailer preview of Merry Go Round, a short film written and directed by actor-director Massimiliano...

Following shocking discoveries about the double life of his father, a guy has to decide who he really wants to be.

(Kino Produzioni)

Italy / 18minutes

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

Agua Viva – by Alexa Lim Haas

Winner of SXSW Best Animation Short in 2018, Alexa Lim Haas’ animation Agua Viva is a poetic animation about...

A short animation about feelings that no language can describe.

(Borscht Corporation)

USA / 6minutes

Paralys – by John Boisen & Björn Fävremark

John Boisen and Björn Fävremark are specialists in the materialisation of nightmares and private demons. They move through the...

The experience of a sleep paralysis (that you shouldn't watch alone...)

(Is This It)

Sweden / 8minutes

Killing Klaus Kinski – by Spiros Stathoulopoulos

Killing Klaus Kinski by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Greek-Colombian director best known for the uncut cult film PVC-1 (2007) and Meteora...

The vertiginous reimagination of a myth of the history of film: the filming of Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog

(Candelaria Films)

Colombia / Greece / 20minutes

Semáforo (Stop Light)

Semáforo (Stop Light) is our homage to the Colombian culture and its magical imaginary on the day of Gabriel Garcia...

Under a Colombian city stoplight, a formidable circus act becomes a terrifying freak show.

(Student Film)

Colombia / 3minutes

Fugu & Tako

Recently we wrote a short guide on how to gain success on the web with a short film for...

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

(Produced by Wendy Green)

USA / 8minutes

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

Symphony no. 42 – by Réka Bucsi

The first scene of Symphony no. 42, animated short film by Réka Bucsi, necessarily creates extremely high expectations. What...

A fox in the woods is questioning about the essence of universe and then she shot herself.

(MOME Anim)

Hungary / 9minutes

The Mourners (The Marcy Method)

It is quite rare that emerging Italian short film directors challenge themselves in genres such as thriller, horror, grotesque...

From our submissions: an horror made of obsessions, fears and lack of scruples to achieve the perfect shape.

(Work In Progress)

Italy / 13minutes

Behind The Scene

One of the most distinctive signs of authorship, turned into an art by directors such as Antonioni, Scorsese and...

An ironic look at the backstage of an hypothetical commercial.

(Self-produced)

USA / 10minutes

Melancholy – Ta Tristesse: Interview with Jacinthe Folon

Melancholy – Ta Tristesse directed by the Belgian author Jacinthe Folon is the winner of the first edition of...

A little conversation with the young Belgian director, winner of the Music Video International Competition at Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival

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Distortion – by Grégory Papinutto

Distortion by Grégory Papinutto is a solemn story of an ambitious struggle to survive. The French writer/director has crafted...

A weird, disturbing and terrifying slasher about mind-altering mutations

(Gamines)

France / 14minutes

10 Animated Shorts That Made the Oscars 2017 Shortlist

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 semifinalists for this year’s animated short Oscar...

The Academy has announced the 10 semifinalists for this year's animated short Oscar race

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8 Hours in Brooklyn

Filmed over a  period of  8 hours in Brooklyn using a Phantom Flex – a special camera that slows...

A slow-motion ride along the streets of Brooklyn, NYC.

(Variable)

USA / 3minutes