Floor 9.5 – by Toby Meakins

It’s midnight and the young office worker in a big company gets on the elevator to go home. Shift’s...

Are we really willing to help those who ask us for help? A Kafkaesque horror about modern working life

(Fox Digital Studios)

USA / 2minutes

I’m a Mitzvah

“Mitzvah” is an Hebrew term that means “commandment.” In its secondary meaning, however,  it also refers to all those charitable...

The bittersweet adventure of a young American man who spends one last night with his deceased friend while stranded in rural Mexico.

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USA / 18minutes

Italian shorts at Cannes Film Festival 2015

As it is firmly established the now multi-year Italian participation at the Marché du Film Court di Clermont – Ferrand, this...

The Italian short films industry "shows off" at Marché du Film of the prestigious French festival, thanks to the support of the Italian Short Film Centre.

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God View

We follow Philip’s meanders around Hackney, East London from an high point in the sky. As he keeps on...

From an unusual poit-of-view, a man enacts the devastating effects of mental illness.

(Self Produced)

UK / 7minutes

Pyskessa

Pyskessa is a lonely and silent girl. She lives with her troubled dad, who doesn’t seem to be coping...

A surreal adventure in the life of a little girl with a wild imagination.

(Eicar Paris)

France / 10minutes

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

How to Act on Reality TV – by John Wilson

The story of How to Act on Reality TV, short doc by filmmaker John Wilson, has started when a...

The meta-movie that opens us the doors of the New York Reality TV School: not acting but real

(John's Movies)

USA / 23minutes

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

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

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

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

Diary

Diary is a highly personal and experimental film that expresses the subjective experience of my work, and was made...

10 years of war reporting around the world in this moving and very powerful video-testament by British photojournalist Tim Hetherington.

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UK / 19minutes

Ulysse – by H. B. Meyrant, M. Chabannes, A. Labadie, C. Theuillon

Is it possible to rewrite a stroy that has been told for more than 2000 years? Absolutely, according to...

Through digital animation a modern Ulysses brings us in his oniric trip caused by the catching gaze of a strange mermaid.

(Supinfocom Arles (MOPA))

Francia / 9minutes

Edmond – by Nina Gantz

On a lake shore, a man is dragging a big rock tied with a rope. He’s sitting down on...

A stop motion bitter sweet black poetry

(Emilie Jouffroy)

UK / 9minutes

FOCUS ON: William Laboury

William Laboury studied History of Art and editing. His body of work consists mostly in found footage films. His self-portrait...

Memory as an archive of images in the works of the young French director and graphic designer.

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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

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

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

A girl named Elastika

Is it possible to tell a funny and intriguing story only using an elastic band and some pins? Guillame...

A simple yet very creative stop-motion short about a girl made of rubber bands traveling on a pinboard.

(Self-produced)

Canada / 4minutes

When Namibia Was a City…

Yusuf’s everyday life is dominated by a gorgeous and beloved routine. He wakes up in the morning and drinks...

Yusuf's everyday life is dominated by a gorgeous and beloved routine. A fishing trip could give him a chance to restore his image as the provider and head of family...

(24 Lies Per Second)

Germany / 23minutes

Box Room – by Michael Lathrop

Jerry lives with his young mother, who is too busy enjoing her life rather than going after an introvert...

Thanks God, there is Mom!

(Lester Money Productions)

USA / Ireland / 15minutes

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2014

A “SPECIAL” WELCOME INDEED. We are at the opening of the 60th edition of the International Short Film Festival...

In its 60th anniversary, Oberhausen sets out to discover a "cinema without film" between experimentation, memory and absence.

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The Eagleman Stag

Peter is a famous entomologist who spent all his life reflecting on the way we perceive time. The older...

An innovative and staggeringly beautiful stop motion story about life and the passage of time. Best Animation at BAFTA 2011.

(The Royal College of Art)

UK / 8minutes

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