Short Film Tag Archive

Documentary, Music Video

From Townships to Taxis – Tommaso Cassinis Charts the Evolution of the Gqom Music Scene in ‘Woza Taxi’

Tommaso Cassinis heads to South Africa to document the little known origins of a musical movement which has swept across the international dance scene.

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Animation

Desire, Ruthlessness and a Complete Loss of Control Run Riot in Jakob Schmidt’s Dark Fairytale ‘Planemah’

A megalomaniacal king chases the secrets of the universe and existence in Jakob Schmidt’s dark allegorical animation about desire, ruthlessness and greed.

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Animation

Experience the Agony of Trying and Failing at Sports in Alan Jennings ‘Going Through the Motions’

Gym class can be tough. Someone is bound to lose an eye. Alan Jennings brings back the painful memories of forced exercise in his hand-drawn animation.

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Live Action

Lines of Racial Division Are Tentatively Crossed in Marc Fouchard’s Oscar Shortlisted ‘The Way of Tea’

Marc Fouchard confounds expectations of racial violence when a young skinhead enters a Muslim store in his perennially timely Oscar shortlisted film.

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Live Action

Mistaken Identity Leads to a Fight for Survival in Chris Chung’s Action-Comedy Short ‘Soho Jimbo’

Selected for the Directors UK ALEXA challenge, Chris Chung brings his action-comedy experience to bear in a martial arts tale of mistaken identity.

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Art & Fashion

Christopher Brooks Births Distant Planets in a Glass of Water for Macroscopic Short ‘Five Blue Planets’

Visual effects free, Christopher Brooks' new macroscopic experimental short transforms inks, paints, oils and water into distant pacific planets.

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Live Action

Juanjo Giménez Reveals Secret Connections Between the CCTV Scan Lines in Palme d’Or Winning Short ‘Timecode’

Free expression and human connections subvert the authoritarian nature of CCTV in Juanjo Giménez's Palme d'or winning, Oscar contending short film.

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Daniel Cordero’s ‘Art is Theft’ Deconstructs the Role of Stealing in the Creation of New Artistic Visions

Daniel Cordero reflects on the nature of art and why stealing is the fertile mechanism through which artists transform inspiration into creation.

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Animation

Lawrence Becker Answers One of Life’s Biggest Questions in His New Stop Motion Short ‘More’

Director Lawrence Becker's new stop motion animated short follows an eccentric man as he desperately searches for a deeper meaning to life.

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Paradise

Reimagining Hieronymus Bosch's most ambitious triptych, Studio Smack unveil an unparalleled animation which cites the evolution and corruption of mankind.

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Live Action

Where the Woods End

Felix Ahrens examines the destructive nature of guilt in his student Oscar winning short film about a police officer who fatally shoots an innocent man.

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Live Action

World Wide Woven Bodies

Norwegian Director Truls Krane Meby discusses the role of the early internet era on a teen's burgeoning sexual awareness in his new coming-of-age short.

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