A Pale Blue Dot

Many of the problems that plague our small terrestrial existences can be often “solved” with a change of perspective,...

An uplifting animation with commentary by Carl Sagan, offers us an unexpected perspective of our earthly existence.

(Student Film (Sheridan College))

Canada / 4minutes

Memories of Papé, the short film by Nicolas Polixene

Memories of Papé Diary of my short film. The beginning My name is Nicolas Polixene and I’m 33 years old. Native...

The private diary by French director of Martinique descent

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Online Preview: The Snake

/// The Online Preview has ended, but you can still watch the trailer and read the review /// How...

A night chase where "nothing is as it seems", in this award-winning Italian thriller.

(Briciola TV)

Italy / 15minutes

Elefante

Manuel is a middle-aged man who’s profoundly unhappy with his life. He’s been working for 25 years in the...

A man is very unhappy with his life, but when he will be diagnosed with a rare syndrome, everything will change.

(Escandalo Films)

Spain / 9minutes

Adrift

Simon Christen shot for two years various photos of a misty San Francisco at dusk, to compose this highly...

Misty Landscapes.

(Self-produced)

USA / 5minutes

FOCUS ON: Myrsini Aristidou

When I interviewed Myrsini Aristidou, she gave me the impression of being delicate and authentic – and her way of being reminded...

Exploring human relationships in the most honest, or genuine way possible: small talk with award-winning director

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Wall

Laci is a 16-year old gypsy boy, who lives off casual jobs. Every morning, the same waiting for some...

Laci is a young gypsy worker hired to build a wall: his first look beyond holds an unusual revelation...

(Proton Cinema)

Hungary / 11minutes

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

Bianco

A blinding white, a barren nature  that’s pure and precious at the same time. We are in Carrara, Tuscany,...

A solemn and silent Italian shortdoc on the marble quarries of Carrara.

(Student Film)

Italy / 9minutes

30% (Women and Politics in Sierra Leone)

First shown at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, this original documentary is a collaborative effort from artist Anne Cady,...

Oil-painted animation brings to life the stories of three powerful women in postconflict Sierra Leone.

(Real World Film)

UK / 8minutes

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

Analogue People in a Digital Age

It is the day of the analogue to digital switchover of television transmission. Conversations about life, death and quantum...

As the analogue age draws to a close, eight men sit in an Irish bar and battle to remain relevant in the digital world.

(Twopair Films)

Ireland / 13minutes

Crowfunding: “Lindiota” – by Chiara Livia Arrigo

Chiara Livia Arrigo is a young Milanese director of Sicilian origin, who lives and works in Rome. She launched...

Life and memory of a lonly anti-hero from Lindos, between rotoscope and live footage.

(Ring Film (promo) )

Italian / 2minutes

The Italian short film (potential) industry.

Is there an Italian “short film industry”? Is there an economy linked to short film sector at all? These are...

The "Report 2014" of the Italian Short Film Centre sheds a light on an key-sector of the audiovisual that struggles to define itself "industrial".

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Does the Italian film system neglect short films and its emerging talents?

In our latest article on the Italian Huffington Post we discussed a rather alarming fact: the very low presence and...

Our interview with Jacopo Chessa, the director of the Italian National Center for Short Films.

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Bismillah by Alessandro Grande: Winner of the David di Donatello Award 2018 for Best Short Film

Bismillah by Alessandro Grande is the winner of the David di Donatello Award 2018 for Best Short Film. Tender...

Exclusive interview with the director winner of the most important Italian prize

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A Reasonable Request – by Andrew Laurich

There are many ways to re-build a disrupted father-son relationship: it’s possible to do it for affection or old...

How to re-build a father-son relationship in an unconventional way.

(Christina Lee)

USA / 8minutes

Mobile Film Festival 2017 Unveils Official Selection: 51 Shorts From 18 Countries

1 mobile, 1 minute, 1 film. Beholden to its missions, Mobile Film Festival has unveiled the official selection for...

1 mobile, 1 minute, 1 film: the French festival is back for its 12th edition

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1500 Words – by Andrew Chaplin

You have 1,500 words left to live. How would you react to that sentence? Hard to imagine how few are 1,500 words,...

What would you do if you went to the doctors and discovered that you only had 1500 words left to live?

(Hungry Bear Media)

UK / 9minutes

The Rise Of The Fashion Short

Fashion Film has just recently found a definition as a genre, but the mutual influence between fashion and cinema...

From Wes Anderson to Spike Jonze, many directors are experimenting with the Fashion Film, a newborn genre in which everything is possible

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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

Coda

It is an evening like many others, a Friday or a Saturday probably, the city is steeped in their...

A lost soul wandering in the city until he's reached by the specter of Death in a revelatory encounter.

(El Zorrero Films)

Spain / 9minutes

Ududeagu

Before there were kings, there was a spider – life and death intertwine in Ududeagu, the intimate and mystery...

Before there were kings, there was a spider: language and body as habitat in a dark and mystery mutant experiment

(Akwaeke Emezi)

Nigeria / 2minutes

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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