Monsieur Cok

Monsieur Cok is the owner of a large bomb factory. In times of war,  hedecides to increase production to...

In times of war, a ruthless yet childish factory owner decides to replace all his workers with robots. A riot ensues.

(Papy3D)

France / 10minutes

Runaway – by Emily Buchanan, Susan Yung and Esther Parobek

In the Internet of Things era, loving a refrigerator will not be so weird. Probably it’ll be easy to...

The best time of the year to love your refrigerator

(Paper Planes)

USA / 4minutes

Cutaway

Cutaway is a very simple short build on “visual deprivation”. We follow a man working hard, doing his best to support a pregnant woman,...

Through close up details of hands, we follow the life of a single young man as he works, pursues relationships, and comes to terms with a life changing event.

(Medium Density Fibreboard Films)

Canada / 6minutes

Sniffer

In a not so distant future, not much has changed… except for the force of gravity. For some reason,...

In a not so distant future, the absence of gravity complicates the everyday life, but for true dreamers it could also be a way to escape it all.

(Dream Factory)

Norway / 10minutes

Movie Creative Contest: the winner!

Emanuele Milasi (pictured above), 30, from Reggio Calabria, is the winner of our first Movie Creative Contest: an initiative...

"Support the superheroes" is the script winner of the I edition of the contest: a modern tale about the "greatness of being a researcher."

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Dan Invited Hanna Over for Dinner

Hanna’s day life is abruptly shaken by an unexpected dinner invitation from her boyfriend. “Dan does not know how...

An unexpected dinner invitation disrupts Hanna's life. Idiosyncrasies and anxieties in the life of a modern young couple.

(Cynical People)

Canada / 10minutes

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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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

Pilgrims – by John Doan

What time can do to a man? Joseph Brodsky’s obsession becomes flesh in John Doan’s body. Based on the...

What time can do to a man? Joseph Brodsky's obsession becomes a short film

(Reload Reality Films)

Germany / Ukraine / 6minutes

Online Premiere: Belva Nera

UPDATES: Matteo Zoppis and Alessio Rigo De Righi are about to debut with their first feature film il Solengo (2015...

The legend of a black panther spotted in the Lazio countryside narrated by the stories of a community of hunters between folklore and reality.

(Coda Rossa)

Italy / 33minutes

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

OPEN CALL: WE ARE LOOKING FOR CONTRIBUTORS!

Join our team! Write about the best short films from around the world, help us finding the next filmmaking...

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Segundito – by Carlos & Roberto Valle

Horacio and his wife have a son who does not stand still for a second. He does not stop even...

Stay still a second! A flash of genius by the brothers directors of The Chair of Life

(Auntie)

Spain / 2minutes

Harry Grows Up

Falling in Love is tough. And as your first love leaves you to go to College even the New...

New York is a tough place to find love. Especially for an 18-month-old living on his own.

(Abaloon Films)

USA / 12minutes

Ouro – by Pierre-Jean Le Moël & Eva Jiahui Gao

Ouro is an animated short film directed by Pierre-Jean Le Moël and Eva Jiahui Gao, who are both in Masters Degree programs at...

A fairytale in action about vengeance, Ouroboros, and the power of women

(ECV Bordeaux)

Francia / 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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Uncanny Valley

A new short film from Federico Heller explores a well travelled dystopian sci-fi narrative territory—addiction to future technologies, war and...

In the slums of the future, virtual reality junkies satisfy their violent impulses in online entertainment.

(3dar)

Argentina / 9minutes

Crush – by Katherine Bernard

Crush, the short film by Katherine Bernard, takes place on two temporal levels: the “before” and the “after,” that...

The short by the American filmmaker cuts satire to reveal a tragicomic criticism of the art world

(Dazed)

USA / 12minutes

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2014

A “SPECIAL” WELCOME INDEED. We are at the opening of the 60th edition of the International Short Film Festival...

In its 60th anniversary, Oberhausen sets out to discover a "cinema without film" between experimentation, memory and absence.

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Are You With Me? – by Erica Genereux Smith

After the good result of Night Life (2015), Erica Genereux Smith keeps talking about modern tragedies. In fact, the...

A sweet, ironic and sincere exploration of modern solitude (at a call center)

(Erica Genereux Smith)

USA / 6minutes

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

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

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

Eat My Shit

Samantha (Anna Marìa Polverosa) has taken a selfie of her face and posted it on Instagram, but it has...

The moving story of a girl whose butthole is where her mouth should be.

(The Other Side Films)

Spain / 3minutes