Sequence – by Carles Torrens

The common saying “the man or woman of your dreams” is mostly referred to an unreachable ideal, which is...

Daydreaming could be so dangerous...

(Fortress Features)

Spain / 20minutes

Christian – by Saku Cinardi

Christian lives with his grandmother in a small apartment in the suburb of Tor Bella Monaca, Rome. Christian is a...

In one of the most infamous suburbs of Rome, a godless bully discovers he posseses a power he will need to control.

(K48 and Quiet, Please!)

Italian / 12minutes

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

Blue Screen – by Riccardo Bolo & Alessandro Arfuso

“If the images of the present don’t change, then change the images of the past.” Blue Screen opens with...

A documentary directed by the android filmmaker Mk3, found in an old VHS cassette, tells the rebellion of the robots against human domination

(AAMOD & Greve61)

Italy / 17minutes

Fear of Flying

It looks like Stop-Motion, but it isn’t.  Combining puppetry and 2D and 3D animation, director Conor Finnegan has created...

It's time to migrate south, but Dougal is afraid of flying. The tragicomic adventure of a bird and its phobias.

(Brunella Cocchiglia)

Ireland / 9minutes

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

Spirit of Berlin (July 1945)

How did Berlin look in July 1945, a few weeks after the surrender of Germany? It is shown in...

An exceptional montage of the semi-destroyed city made with rare archival materials, in colors and HD.

(CHRONOS-MEDIA GmbH)

Germany / 7minutes

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

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

Next Floor

Next Floor is the surreal short film made by  Canadian writer-director Denis Villeneuve that plunges us into an opulent...

During an opulent and luxurious banquet, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage.

(Phi Group)

Canada / 10minutes

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

Modern Life is Rubbish

It’s hard to think of a more fitting title for this bittersweet story about separation and the division of...

A recently broken-up couple separating their music collection leads the way for a dissertation on love, loss and the inherent evil of greatest hits albums.

(Self-produced)

UK / 13minutes

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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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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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

Focus On: Federica Gianni, Director of Primo and The Friend from Tel Aviv

Federica Gianni‘s gaze upon the world is unusual. It’s piercing and slanted. She is a NYC-based Italian writer/director and...

At MedFilm Festival, we met Federica Gianni, who told us about her short films: watch the online premieres of The Friend from Tel Aviv and Primo

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Sergeant Slaughter, My Big Brother

Tom Hardy stars as Sergeant Dan in this short film that marks the directorial debut of photographer Greg Williams....

Tom Hardy plays a temperamental aspiring soldier in a story of brotherly love and strife.

(HenPeg & Loki Productions)

USA / 13minutes

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

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

Sundance 2018: 4 Online Shorts You Can Watch Now

The 2018 Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday Jan. 18. This year, approximately 200 feature-length and short films were...

Let's dispel the myth that "if you post your short online, you are blown for A-list festivals"

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Three Fitted Flies – by Sois de Traca

Three Fitted Flies (Tres moscas a medida) is a 2D animated short film directed by the Spanish directors María Álvarez and Elisa Morais. Sois...

Bereavement between faith and superstition: the amazing 2D animation by the Spanish collective

(Sois de Traca)

Spain / 8minutes

The Robbery – by Jim Cummings

After winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival 2016 with Thunder Road, Jim Cummings renews his participation to...

After Thunder Road, another dark comedy where a robbery doesn't go so well

(Fullscreen)

USA / 9minutes

Social Butterfly

It’s Chloè’s eighteenth birthday, and she’s celebrating it in a wonderful french countryside villa. It’s a “white party” (maybe...

An american woman enters into a teenage party in the South of France, changing the life of the birthday girl forever.

(Ad Astra Films)

USA / 14minutes

FOCUS ON: The Island of All Together

A couple from Amsterdam went to Lesbos to portrait in a short documentary two different realities of people who...

Conversations in Lesbos with the Dutch directors who invited tourists and refugees to talk each another

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