Split

The man (Austin Hayden) and the woman (Shian Denovan). He cheated on her, she left him. Pale and disheveled,...

A man suffers in a peculiar way after splitting up from his girlfriend: lies and guilt lead him through an extreme physical reaction…

(Shining Example Films)

UK / 17minutes

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

10 Animated Shorts That Made the Oscars 2017 Shortlist

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 semifinalists for this year’s animated short Oscar...

The Academy has announced the 10 semifinalists for this year's animated short Oscar race

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Slow

Body, desire and violence. This shortfilm by Darius Clark Monroe shows an intricate relationship with unexpected twists. The two...

An online-dating hook up takes an unexpected turn cause of the men's different expectations.

(Self-produced)

USA / 13minutes

The Six Dollar Fifty Man

Suburban Neo Zealand, 1970s. Smalltown life ain’t easy for those who are different, especially during childhood. Andy is a...

A festival favorite, this dramedy shows how hard it is to be a "superhero" in a suburban school in the 70s.

(Sticky Pictures)

Neo Zealand / 15minutes

Made

Minako, a young Japanese female, lives in a Tokyo penthouse with her European boyfriend, a successful musician. One morning she...

A Japanese lady holds an intriguing double life, but her secret is about to be discovered.

(DAYFORNIGHT)

UK / 19minutes

Jonah

Kibwe Tavares is one of  UK’s most exciting young directors. An achitecture grad with a lifelong love of cinema,...

A tale full of surprises and special effects narrates the destructive consequences of fame and wealth in the life of a boy from Zanzibar.

(BFI Film Fund)

UK / 18minutes

Chop My Money – by Theo Anthony

Patient, the protagonist of Chop My Money, short doc directed by Theo Anthony, lives in Goma, Congo. In Congo there...

This world is not the world: a day in the life of three street kids in the Eastern Congo

(Theo Anthony Productions, LLC)

USA / 13minutes

Skin

A smalltown somewhere in the U.S.A. Ben is a lonely child, quite different from the others. He has a...

A lonely child taxidermist makes friends with a girl who's fascinated by his hobby. But one day he does something that will change everything.

(Self-produced)

USA / 13minutes

Online Premiere: Mario de Marcella – Il Solengo

Is it at all possible to live outside the human community? This is the essential question raised by Il Solengo,...

The incredible story of a solitary man living in the Vejano forest in the heart of Italy.

(Ring Film)

Italy / 7minutes

Double King – by Felix Colgrave

Centuries ago there lived… “A king!” my little readers will say immediately. Yes. It’s right! In this time the...

An animated short film about love... and regicide

(Self-produced)

Australia / 10minutes

Gaiwan – by Elia Mouatamid

A grave yard. Two men. Gaiwan is the traditional Chinese teaware. That’s what one of the two uses for...

A grave yard, two men: a parable on hope and death, which equates men beyond preconceptions

(Luna Film)

Italy / 4minutes

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

Cannes Court Métrage 2019: The Short Films Selection

The 72nd Cannes Film Festival has announced the lineup of Cannes Court Métrage 2019. The programme features 11 short...

A look at the 11 short films competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or and the 17 films from the Cinéfondation

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Papa – by Natalie Labarre

Papa is a short animated story about an eccentric and overzealous father who realizes he’s not a perfect daddy. He thinks that...

The diary of an imperfect father who tries hard to be a perfect dad.

(Cargo Collective)

USA / 6minutes

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

Wrinkles of the City: Focus On Guillaume Cagniard

Wrinkles of the City is an artistic project started in 2008 by French artist JR. The project was realized...

Interview with Guillaume Cagnaird and his short about the work of artist JR

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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 Walrus

“I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together,” so John Lennon...

The Walrus is feeling depressed. He has everything, but feels something is missing in his life... Are you Walrus?

(Luke Randall)

USA / 7minutes

Sunday – by Patrick Doyon

It’s a cold Sunday in wintertime. Sunday immediately brings us back to our childhood and, for a moment, we really...

An animation that brings the unexpected in an ordinary family lunch

(National Film Board of Canada)

Canada / 10minutes

Alto Sauce

Alto Sauce is a small town in the deep Spanish province. A cruel crime happened in the village twenty...

A cruel crime happened in the village of Alto Sauce twenty years ago: today the case has been reopened and plays a game of mirrors between past and present.

(Escándalo Films)

Spain / 17minutes

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

Suspend Belief

An American actor with a questionable french accent, set to play a frenchman in a city that should be...

A meta-filmic rom-com suspended between reality and fiction.

(Self-produced)

UK / 6minutes

Black Metal – by Kat Candler

When metal is linked with crime. The West Memphis Three — Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley —...

The lead singer of a black metal band dealing with guilt and sorrow: if an artist's work is used for unintended purposes, is the artist partially responsible?

(Candler Productions)

USA / 8minutes