Henna Night

It’s the night before Amina’s wedding, and the women of the family are celebrating the henna ceremony, a Muslim...

Love and death, tradition and diversity clash against each other in this intense short by Sally El Hosaini.

(Yalla Film Company)

UK / 12minutes

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

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

Paralys – by John Boisen & Björn Fävremark

John Boisen and Björn Fävremark are specialists in the materialisation of nightmares and private demons. They move through the...

The experience of a sleep paralysis (that you shouldn't watch alone...)

(Is This It)

Sweden / 8minutes

Head over Heels

After many years of marriage, Walter and Madge have grown distant from each other, to the point that  they...

This Oscar-nominated animation is an heartwarming tale of a married couple whose lives have grown in opposite directions.

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UK / 10minutes

Ormie – by Rob Silvestri

Ormie is a pig (in every sense of the word) and he has one goal: eat. Food is his...

Ormie is a pig, in every sense of the word: see his attempts to gain the warm sweet taste that is his obsession

(Starz Animation Toronto)

Canada / 4minutes

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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The Landing – by Josh Tanner

It all starts (or ends) in a hospital room, where a mature man stands watching the last glimpe of...

Summer of 1960, a Midwestern farm: Where is the enemy?

(Perception Pictures)

Australia / 18minutes

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

Online Premiere: Thriller

With the city of Taranto bent by pollution and uncertainty for the future in the background, Michael, 14, goes around...

Michele dreams to dance in TV like his idol Michael Jackson, but the protest in which his father is involved threatens his dream.

(Basiliciak)

Italian / 14minutes

When Namibia Was a City…

Yusuf’s everyday life is dominated by a gorgeous and beloved routine. He wakes up in the morning and drinks...

Yusuf's everyday life is dominated by a gorgeous and beloved routine. A fishing trip could give him a chance to restore his image as the provider and head of family...

(24 Lies Per Second)

Germany / 23minutes

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

The Driving Seat – by Phil Lowe

In order to properly write about this short movie, I felt the need to listen in loop Perfect by Ed...

The hilarious attempt of a middle aged couple to put a spark back in their marriage

(Turn the Slate Productions)

UK / 9minutes

Taxi Cab Teranga

A day in new york. A man gets up and goes to work. A girl, perhaps n the other...

A day in the life of Omar, a Senegalese taxi driver in New York City, who learns that any day could be his last.

(Self-produced)

USA / 11minutes

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

Tiger Boy

Tiger Boy is the sixth short film directed by Gabriele Mainetti, Italian actor, director, composer and producer born in...

From the director of They Call Me Jeeg Robot, the story of Matteo, a nine year old kid whose hero is a wrestler of a Roman suburb called The Tiger.

(Goon Films)

Italy / 20minutes

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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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

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

Growing Girl – by Marnie Ellen Hertzler

Growing Girl is a short film by Marnie Ellen Hertzler, American video-artist and filmmaker based in Baltimore. The short,...

A Powerpoint presentation about snakes is intertwined with a woman’s memories of abuse in the workplace

(The Borscht Corp.)

USA / 11minutes

Goat Witch

Weird things happen in the woods of Georgia. For example, coming across the occult universe of James Sizemore and...

From the creators of 'The Demon's Rook' comes Emelin & Gloria's ancient ritual: witches, demons, and deities during a full lunar eclipse…

(Black Rider Productions)

USA / 14minutes

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

Panorama – by Gianluca Abbate

Panorama, world premiered at the International Film Festival of Clermont-Ferrand Short Film 2014, is the animated short film directed by Gianluca...

A polis stretches away over an infinite global space with no more uninhabited places nor frontiers

(Self-Produced)

Italy / 7minutes

Coda

It is an evening like many others, a Friday or a Saturday probably, the city is steeped in their...

A lost soul wandering in the city until he's reached by the specter of Death in a revelatory encounter.

(El Zorrero Films)

Spain / 9minutes