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

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

Online Premiere: Who’s Afraid of the Big Black Wolf? – by Janez Lapajne

Janez Lapajne is a Slovenian independent filmmaker and former (first) president of the Directors Guild of Slovenia. Born in...

A multicultural triangle in the occupied Europe of 1944: a sensual and emotional Alpine story of two tunes and one whistle

(Triglav Film)

Slovenia / 25minutes

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

Online Premiere: Terra

A regular night on a ferry headed to Sicily. It’s presumably Winter, one of those off-season trips in which...

Various human types meet on a night ferry's regular trip.

(CSC)

Italy / 23minutes

Prospect

In  a not-so-distant future, a father and his teenage daughter are on an alien planet looking for precious materials....

Straight out of this year's SXSW, an enchanting tale of survival in an hostile planet.

(Shepfilms)

USA / 14minutes

C: 299792 km/s

A carefully detailed tribute to classic science-fiction, whose strong point lies in its visual and narrative retro atmospheres. Funded through...

The story of IV Kestros's crew mutiny led by Commander Malleck

(Seaquark Films)

USA / 15minutes

Lazy Daze – by Brian Smee

How is like a dog’s dream? Maybe something similar to what is depicted by the young American animator Brian Smee in...

A kaleidoscopic journey into a dog's dream.

(Self Produced)

USA / 4minutes

Angie Rowntree, the Rebel of Feminist Porn: “Pleasure Empowers Us, It Humanizes Us”

Continuing our journey into the world of feminist porn and its short films. This time our coverage of sexuality...

We met the founder of Sssh.com, who tells us her way to represent sexuality and her last two films.

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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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Singularity

Often action shorts are based on science fiction stories that reflect the current obsession with space and robots, but also...

In the midst of a war between humans and sentient androids, a Delta Force team must rescue the US President.

(The Bicycle Monarchy)

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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Person to Person

Back in March 2014, New Yorker critic Richard Brody wrote an article about the role of shorts in the...

A New Yorker's daily life is halted as he finds a stranger girl sleeping on his apartment's floor.

(Arts+Labor)

USA / 18minutes

Little Shit – by Richard Gorodecky

The acclaimed short film Little Shit by Richard Gorodecky has collected many awards in its festival run, including that...

A child's journey to discover his and London's hidden nature

(Post Panic)

UK / 14minutes

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

Why we believe in shorts

The New Yorker has recently published a long article Does the Cinema Need Short Films? by Richard Brody, the magazine’s film critic,...

A recent New Yorker article highlights the renewed interest for the short film art and its importance contemporary's cinema.

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Online Preview: Where Were You When Michael Jackson Died?

The online preview is ended. You can still watch the trailer and read the review! A brief encounter between...

Paris, a few days after the death of the King of Pop. An encounter in the back of a taxi shakes up the lives of two strangers.

(Les Film Velvet)

France / 11minutes

Citizen versus Kane

An independent filmmaker’s ambitious project of  remaking Citizen Kane in a modern-day setting has finally took off. As it...

When death arrives on the set of a low-budget "Citizen Kane" remake, what's there to do to save the production?

(Premiere Heure)

France / 18minutes

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

Concorto Film Festival 2019: the Italian Fefreshing Oasis of Short Films

Concorto Film Festival 2019 does not disappoint. The Italian event (from August 17th to August 24th in Pontenure, part...

From August 17th to 24th in Pontenure (Piacenza), in the suggestive location of Parco Raggio, the 18th edition of the event: 51 shorts in competition, focus, workshops and lots of music

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Let it rain

Shady characters , a dramatic tone, lots of suspense … the first scenes of Let it Rain set up...

A deadly shootout... with water weapons.

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Australia / 8minutes

The Optimist

The Optimist is a debut short film made by young and talented John Mervin, an eighteen year old boy...

A young book lover tries desperately to get the book everyone else has.

(A Chocolate Thunder Production)

USA / 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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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