Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival Unveils Its 7th Edition

From 15 to 18 March 2017 the spotlight will be on the Auditorium Santa Margherita in Venice for the...

The first film festival in Europe to be entirely conceived, coordinated and managed by students reveals Jury and poster

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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

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

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

PLUG

David Levy is one of the most important art directors around, and his curriculum includes films like Prometheus and...

The only survivor in a post-apocalyptic world is constantly looking for other forms of human life and answers to her questions.

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USA / 16minutes

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

FOCUS ON: Myrsini Aristidou

When I interviewed Myrsini Aristidou, she gave me the impression of being delicate and authentic – and her way of being reminded...

Exploring human relationships in the most honest, or genuine way possible: small talk with award-winning director

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Caveirão

São Paulo do Brasil, night time. It’s 3:33 am and the time stops. We are in a deserted area...

Every night, time stops for a moment in Sao Paolo, and ghosts and mosters of all kinds dance and play music on the city's deserted streets.

(Hornet)

Brazil / 10minutes

A Reasonable Request – by Andrew Laurich

There are many ways to re-build a disrupted father-son relationship: it’s possible to do it for affection or old...

How to re-build a father-son relationship in an unconventional way.

(Christina Lee)

USA / 8minutes

Whateverest

The beauty of micro-doc is that its formal requirements  (brevity and synthesis) obligates to discard too big and complex topics...

A documentary that moves and entertains on an anonymous anti-hero of the province and his passion for electronic music.

(Bacon )

Norway / 16minutes

The 6 Best Iranian Short Films In the Past Years

When talking about Iranian cinema and their films, names like Ashghar Farhadi, Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi and a lot...

Not only Ashghar Farhadi and Jafar Panahi: a new generation of young directors is making the Iranian cinema so proud

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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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Cortisonici 2019: What A Hell Of A Festival

Cortisonici 2019 is a hell of a festival. This is how the artistic direction of the event presents its...

On the occasion of the 16th edition (Varese, April 9-13), we propose the best short films of the previous editions

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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

92 Dreamin

The current overhyped 90s nostalgia is often forced and deeply naive, but there are some fortunate cases in which...

Brooklyn, 1992. A lonely skater gets thrown in a dreamy virtual world, where everything is possible

(SVA - New York (Student Film))

USA / 4minutes

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

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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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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The Mistery of Flying Kicks

We saw them on the street, in the most diverse cities in the world, in movies, music videos, maybe...

A brilliant "collabortaivo short-doc" about the urban mystery of sneakers hanging from overhead power lines.

(Closer Productions )

Australia / 14minutes

The People’s Network Showcase: A New Generation of Short Films Directors

The People’s Network Showcase is the new project launched by El Rey, the Latino channel created by Robert Rodriguez...

The channel created by Robert Rodriguez launches a new User Generated short films series

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Echo

“The sunken homeland; visiting a strange place, and the certainty that we are not alone. ECHO is about how...

People, animals and buildings create a visual echo in this surreal and atmospheric animation.

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Germany / 5minutes

Sorry We Don’t Help Darkies

A Caribbean family is under attack during the London race riots. We’re in England, in 1958, and racial hatred...

A tragic episode of racism in 50s London.

(TBone Productions)

UK / 10minutes

Similo

2065. The entire planet is facing the climate change aftermath. One of the few habitable places left is Antarctica,...

A sci-fi romance set in a dystopian future questions about artificial love and the future of humanity. (NSFW)

(Blackmeal)

Spain / 22minutes

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