Oscars 2018: The 10 Animated Shorts Finalists

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that 10 films have advanced in voting in the Animated...

Here are the magnificent ten finalists for this year’s Academy Awards: What is new is that 5 of these are available online

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Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival Unveils Its 7th Edition

From 15 to 18 March 2017 the spotlight will be on the Auditorium Santa Margherita in Venice for the...

The first film festival in Europe to be entirely conceived, coordinated and managed by students reveals Jury and poster

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021 Capalbio | GSF’s Exclusive Showcase

Up On The Roof Festival’s section: International Competition Directed by: Nour wazzi
Produced by: Panacea Production Ltd.
Country: UK
Year: 2013 Synopsis:
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Watch a selection of some of the the best shorts from the various sections of the 021 Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Fest until August 31st.

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Whateverest

The beauty of micro-doc is that its formal requirements  (brevity and synthesis) obligates to discard too big and complex topics...

A documentary that moves and entertains on an anonymous anti-hero of the province and his passion for electronic music.

(Bacon )

Norway / 16minutes

Runaway

“Runaway” is a delightful award-winning “student animated films” made by Huen Sin (Susan) Yung, Emily Buchanan and Esther Parobek...

A charming tale about a misunderstanding between a boy named Stanley and Chillie, his treasured 1950's refrigerator.

(Student Film)

USA / 4minutes

Third Shift – by Anthony Simon

In the late 70s and early 80s, Los Sures was one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York City....

The memories of two workers who spent their lives at Domino Sugar, the soon to be demolished factory on the Brooklyn waterfront

(Union Docs)

USA / 20minutes

The Surreal Animations of Jan Švankmajer

When The Guardian asked Terry Gilliam to pick his ten favorite animated films, the director included Dimensions of Dialogue,...

As the Milano Film Festival hosts a retrospective on Jan Švankmajer, we take a look at the career of the great Czech director and animator.

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Wind

A distant land where the entire social system is based on the power of the wind. Strong and relentless,...

The everyday activities of the inhabitants of an extremely windy area are hard. But what if the wind stopped blowing?

(HAW Hamburg Department Design)

Germany / 4minutes

Memory by Design

This refined exercise in style will help us reflect on our obsession of recording and capturing moments of our...

An innovative exercise in style about the preservation of memories.

(The incomplete recordings )

USA / 5minutes

The Pub

Joseph Pierce is one of the most  interesting animators  around. The Pub is the third installment, along Stand Up  and...

The inner nature of a pub's daily clientele comes to life in this rotoscoping animation short.

(59 productions)

UK / 8minutes

The Chair of Life – by Carlos Valle

What holds two sisters-in-law together over a lifetime? Carmen and María are two old ladies who support each other...

The short film awarded with the First Prize at Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival 2016: a touching reflection about old age

(Auntie Films)

Spain / 10minutes

Sea Change

Written by proven duo Drew Grubich and Nickolas Duarte, fresh authors of the award-winning Fish Hook, Sea Change is a...

Two sisters travel up to Pacific Coast to seek an alternative treatment for the younger sister's misterious disease.

(Crown Chimp Productions)

USA / 17minutes

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

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

Borrowed Time – by Andrew Coats & Lou Hamou-Lhadj

Animated short film and drama. We are not used to associate this genre to poignant and dark tales, but watching Borrowed...

American animation comes out of its comfort zone and tells the drama

(Quorum Films)

USA / 7minutes

Mute

In a world where people are born without a mouth, everyone is very frustrated and unhappy. The all want...

In a world where people are born without a mouth, a gory accident leads to a discovery that will change their lives forever.

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Netherlands / 4minutes

Soy negra, soy marica y soy puta – by Hugo Meijer & Cas van der Pas

Soy negra, soy marica y soy puta (I’m Queer, I’m Black, and I’m a Prostitute) is the debut short...

A documentary about Diana Navarro, a lawyer, trade unionist and prostitute who's fighting for LGBTQ rights

(Invisible Doors)

Colombia / 21minutes

FOCUS ON: Fisnik Maxhuni

Fisnik Maxhuni won with his first short film Lost Exile the ‘Cinema & Gioventù’ Jury Prize at Locarno Film...

Interview with the director of Lost Exile, awarded at Locarno Film Festival

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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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FOCUS ON: Alessandro Capitani

Bellissima is this year’s winner of the David di Donatello Award for the best short film, written and directed...

Our interview with the director of "Bellissima", the David di Donatello 2016 winning short film.

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FOCUS ON: Jim Cummings

Jim Cummings, writer of Thunder Road and director of Thunder Road, is also the main actor in  Thunder Road. His short film, Thunder...

Interview with the director of Thunder Road, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival

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In Dreams

To make his graduate film from Northumbria University, British animator Samuel Blain decided to direct a documentary about ordinary...

An experimental documentary about people's dreams, that feels like a modern take on surrealism.

(Student film)

UK / 3minutes

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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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