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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Eggplant

Durian is a boy born with a rare defect, his reactions to life situations are opposite to those of...

The tale of a boy whose facial expressions display the opposite of what he’s feeling.

(Student Film (UCLA))

Usa / 7minutes

The Arab Series #3: War On Famous Canvas

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and the missiles in the sky over the border town of Yabroud, in the...

Syrian war scenes swarm the famous paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci, Salvador Dalí, Pieter Brueghel and Paul Gauguin

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Syria / 2minutes

Coach Nison – by Charlie Hoxie

Coach Nison by Charlie Hoxie is part of Frameworks, a series of in-depth documentary shorts examining extraordinary New York...

A table tennis champion from Tajikistan opens a club in Brooklyn where he trains the next generation of talent

(BRIC TV)

USA / 14minutes

Sundance Film Festival 2016: a taste from the short films program.

There has always been this unwritten rule accepted among short filmmakers that, if you publish your short online, you...

Five shorts to watch online from the 72 programmed to play over the next 10 days in Park City.

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Bora Bora – by Bogdan Mirică

The title of the first short film directed by Romanian helmer Bogdan Mirică can be misleading. The audience, watching the first...

The absurdity of life in one of the most drought-affected areas in Romania

(MediaPro Pictures)

Romania / 32minutes

Belly

Ever shifting between tender and darker tones, this little coming-of-age tale draws us into a surreal fantasy world that’s...

A coming of age tale about brotherhood, friendship and separation.

(Royal College of Art )

UK / 8minutes

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 Arab Series #4: The Wind

The Wind is the stop-motion animated short directed by Teir el Akhdar collective, comprised of Lina Ghaibeh, May Ghaibeh,...

The Teir el Akhdar collective tells us Syria and the war through loss, displacement, and forced migration.

(Teir el Akhdar)

Syria / 4minutes

Marilyn Myller

In the beginning it was nothing. And then everything appeared. Explosions of light and matter, forms that combine and...

A witty satire on the art world and the anxieties of the creative process masterfully directed by stop-motion animation genius Mikey Please.

(Blink Industries)

UK / 7minutes

Online Premiere: Riverbero

An armchair, some electrical appliances, a few glimpses of a deserted Turin… Solemn camera movements lead us through different...

A "Border Film" suspended between video art and science that shows us how to capture a sound.

(MyBossWas)

Italy / 15minutes

The Cosmic Dope – A Plant Experience – by CLEMENTE

The Cosmic Dope – A Plant Experience by the Brazilian director CLEMENTE, born in San Paolo, is presented as...

The experimentation of the effects of a new and unknown species of orchid: an impeccable style exercise

(Paranoid)

Brazil / 5minutes

Online Premiere: Terra

A regular night on a ferry headed to Sicily. It’s presumably Winter, one of those off-season trips in which...

Various human types meet on a night ferry's regular trip.

(CSC)

Italy / 23minutes

It’s No Game – by Oscar Sharp

It’s No Game is director Oscar Sharp‘s follow-up to last year short film Sunspring, written entirely by an algorithm...

In this day and age, how useful are screenwriters?

(48 Hour Film Challenge / Sci-Fi London Film Festival)

UK / 8minutes

PLUG

David Levy is one of the most important art directors around, and his curriculum includes films like Prometheus and...

The only survivor in a post-apocalyptic world is constantly looking for other forms of human life and answers to her questions.

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USA / 16minutes

Amigo

Amigo is the animated short film created by Texan illustrator and director Celestino Marina as his final thesis for...

A delightful short film about friendship in 50s style, seen through the innocent eyes of a child.

(Student Film (CCA))

USA / 3minutes

Scrambled – by Bastiaan Schravendeel

Can a Rubik’s Cube still be an intriguing game for millennials? It is probably the question that the animators...

The immortal charm of the Rubik's cube

(Polder Animation)

Netherlands / 7minutes

Ghost

The grief process is a recurring theme throughout the history of cinema. Extremely subjective and universal at the same...

The ghost of a little girl wanders through a dark and spooky city as her parents mourn her passing.

(Self Produced)

Denmark / 8minutes

The People’s Network Showcase: A New Generation of Short Films Directors

The People’s Network Showcase is the new project launched by El Rey, the Latino channel created by Robert Rodriguez...

The channel created by Robert Rodriguez launches a new User Generated short films series

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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

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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Sofia

Sofia is the debut short film of young Roman director Carlo Sironi, which penetrates in the intimacy of two...

The fragility of family relationships through the intimate communication between two young sisters.

(Kino Produzioni)

Italian / 16minutes

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

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