Short
see all genres ›Short films are exactly what their name implies: they're shorter than a feature! They can be as brief as a handful of seconds or they can approach as much as a half-hour (or more). Genres like silent comedy and avant-garde film thrive in the short format.
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SUB-GENRES · Narrative · Non-Narrative · Documentary · Performance · Amateur · Ephemera · Actuality · Trick
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Debra Paget, For Example
Debra Paget was a contract player for 20th-Century Fox, whom they groomed and coached for stardom. But she never quite caught on. Maybe the movies weren't interesting enough. Or maybe she didn’t stand out from the rest of the pack. Or the studio didn’t take enough care in...Watch Movie
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The Crush
Nominated for the 2011 Academy Award® for Live Action Short Film. Ardal Travis is in love. There's just one problem. He's an eight year old schoolboy and the object of his affection is his Second Class teacher, Miss Purdy. But when her boyfriend arrives on the scene Ardal is heartbroken. His...Watch Movie
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L'assenza
By chance, a man sees his double in an Italian film of the early 1960s. Fascinated, he returns to see the film again and again, only to find the images changing with every viewing. Becoming addicted to his own image, he travels to Paris for another encounter with his doppelganger. In the...Watch Movie
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Hellion
All hell breaks loose when little Petey Wilson and his two hell-raising brothers are left home alone. But can the boys suffer the consequences of their reckless behavior? HELLION takes us through the eyes of a seven year old dreading the ultimate fear: punishment. The short film that inspired the...Watch Movie
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Yes, We Love
Ten-year-old Birger hates marching with the boys' brigade. War hero Konrad refuses to listen to another sumptuous Constitution Day speech. Graduation queen Carina just cannot believe Morten isn't interested in her. And father-of-two Ola searches for his 'self' in a hunting lodge in arctic Svalbard.Watch Movie
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Becoming Anita Ekberg
BECOMING ANITA EKBERG is an exploration of how the construct of "Anita Ekberg" became an internationally famous sex goddess as a result of the careful cultivation of her image in various movies, both in Hollywood, by Frank Tashlin, and in Europe, by Federico Fellini. It's an...Watch Movie
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Take Off
Freaky and not a little transcendent, TAKE OFF takes the strip tease well past its usual climax. By sprinkling a little Georges Melies magic over the peep show motif, Gunvor Nelson simultaneously revels in cinema's earliest forms while exploding the medium's customary reliance on (and...Watch Movie
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Wish 143
Nominated for the 2011 Academy Award® for Live Action Short Film. When a fifteen-year-old boy discovers he has months to live he is granted one wish from the Dreamscape Charity. However, David doesn't want to go to Disneyland or meet a star footballer, what he really wants is an hour alone with a...Watch Movie
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I Just Wanted to Be Somebody
What do the religious right and the gay liberation movement have in common? Both were fortified by the efforts of one woman, Anita Bryant. Part document and part poem, I JUST WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY brings us back to the late 1970’s and reflects on Bryant’s life and the impact...Watch Movie
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The Phone Call
Winner of the 2015 Academy Award® for Live Action Short Film. THE PHONE CALL follows Heather, (played by Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins), a shy lady who works at a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man (played by Oscar® winner Jim Broadbent) she has no idea...Watch Movie
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Memory Box
A dreamlike drama about gender and power. A young mother works at a memory recreation facility (where actors recreate clients' memories). A client pushes her to break the rules, crossing lines and jeopardizing her job. She's forced to decide how far she's willing to go. Dreams and fantasy become...Watch Movie
