GREAT SHORT FILMS
Here's the very best short films I've ever seen. Many of them is to be found on vimeo, youtube or elsewere on the web. Look them up!
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- DirectorBen AstonStarsSebastian ArmestoAnna MaguireSarah BarkerA simple, domestic love story about a man who takes his skin off for his girlfriend, and why it probably wasn't the best idea...
- DirectorMichael GoodeStarsDaniel LissingRose McIverDawn SorensonImmediately after his death, the victim of a car crash gets answers to every question he's ever had about his life, including the most import one of all - what did it all mean?
- DirectorAmund LieStarsIngolf KarinenSvein Roger KarlsenGørild MausethKjell needs to fix some shelves to the walls in his apartment and borrows a Black & Decker drill from a neighbour. Kjell is very amused by drilling holes, and takes up a slightly bizarre fascination for the drill. One day the neighbour comes to get it back...
- DirectorChristopher NielsenStarsAnders T. AndersenMarte EngebrigtsenTrond FausaThree people are struggling upward on an escalator that is going down. Why? Is the goal to fight their way to the top, or is to relax and just go with the flow of the stairs to the bottom?
- DirectorTorill KoveStarsAndrea Bræin HovigA personal animated story about a girl which wishes for a bicycle from her parents, but gets something completely different, showing the different reality in which children and grown ups live in.
- DirectorAmund LieStarsVincent SchiavelliLars Arentz-HansenLeif AndréeNo matter how innocent you may be, they can always make you feel guilty... As the result of a flippant remark during routine passport control, a traveller awakens the suspicion of a security officer and is taken aside for interrogation. He is confronted by a high-ranking official who questions his identity and his intentions. The Passport is a commentary on today's terrorist paranoia when anyone, anywhere can be detained in the name of national security.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorMartin Wichmann AndersenAn exceptionally drunk man comes home at night after some heavy drinking, and tries to find his way into his apartment.
- DirectorHallvar WitzøStarsEdvard HægstadIngrid VikenTerje RanesEverybody will die one day, but 70-year-old Oskar will die in 6 days. He is now ready to forgive his brother for a long-ago disagreement. Will he reach his brother, whom he believes live on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, before it is too late?
- DirectorIvo CaprinoStarsHarald Heide SteenSiri RomTrine PedersenBased on a Norwegian folk tale, with the addition of a second tale and a scene from a third. - The basic story: Mr. Fox is dead. His widow, Reve-enka (literally "the fox widow"), sits alone in her empty house with only her trusty feline maid Korse for company. Three suitors - the Bear, the Wolf and a young Fox - come to her door. There is no prize for guessing who wins her favour. The story is told in typical fairy tale style, with repetitions and characters speaking partly in rhyme. (There is also a live action opening and ending claiming to show how story collector Asbjørnsen discovered the original tale and recorded it for posterity.)
- DirectorNicolai TurnageStarsEmil Engesnes BråthenStefan MoMartin SaetaWhen Daniel and Marton win alot of money on a lottery ticket, a chase begins to be the one to keep the money.
- DirectorMargreth OlinStarsJørgen Emanuel EngerIngar Helge GimleKjersti HolmenThe homeless boy Falken is living from day to day in Oslo, earning money as a boy prostitute. One night he sends a text message to the four most important women in his life.
- DirectorJohannes NyholmStarsHelmi Hellrand NyholmPrizewinning short about a baby placed in a virtual doll environment Las Palmas, getting drunk and goes bananas like any other uncivilized tourist would do.
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsBahador FoladiRamtin ParvanehLeif EdlundAn attempted bank robbery. Follows the thought process of two confused witnesses, the filmographer and the producer.
- DirectorIvo CaprinoOnce upon a time there was a poor boy with a fiddle, enthusiastic courage, and with no worries whatever hit him. Oe day he went out in the world to make a living.
- DirectorRichard ShepardStarsJohn CazaleSteve BuscemiSam RockwellA portrait of the acting craft of John Cazale and a tour through the movies that defined a generation.
- DirectorChristian TafdrupStarsAllan HydeJulie Grundtvig WesterLars Brygmann16-year-old Carsten just started dating Melissa. He is introduced to her sweet and likable parents, who kindly welcome their first son in law. On a weekend in their summerhouse it turns out that Carsten and Melissa's dad might have more in common than they first thought.
- DirectorHisham ZamanStarsSedar Ahmad SalehBroa Ako RasolHåkon HatlenA father is forced to choose between two evils to provide for his son.
- DirectorHans Petter MolandStarsOle-Jørgen NilsenRolf BrandtLeif GuldbrandsenNine oldtimers come upon a young woman stuck in a swamp.
- DirectorIvo CaprinoStarsHarald Heide SteenRolf Just NilsenA Norwegian fairy-tale about a young man trying to find shelter for the night.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceJames T. KelleyAfter causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating.
- DirectorAuguste LumièreLouis LumièreStarsMadeleine KoehlerMarcel KoehlerMrs. Auguste LumiereA train arrives at La Ciotat station.
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsJason CopeKen LawsonCoulton JacksonNeill Blomkamp's disturbing vision of the future on Earth, a computer generated film created in Unity 2017 and rendered in real-time at 30 frames per second.
- DirectorRyan BlissStarsEvan BlissCraig CaponeJohn GigliottiViolence erupts in this heart pounding suspense thriller after a mysterious drifter arrives to an isolated New England farm occupied by two young children.
- DirectorScott LeberechtStarsLois AndersonSaraswathi Vani BalgamLee Berger'Life After Pi' is a short documentary about Rhythm & Hues Studios, the L.A. based Visual Effects company that won an Academy Award for its groundbreaking work on 'Life of Pi' - just two weeks after declaring bankruptcy.
- DirectorAndreas ThaulowStarsLisa CarlehedMads Sjøgård PettersenJohanne FossheimAgnes and Ragnar, a couple in their late 20s, are planning to climb a mountain in Northern Norway. In this potentially deadly situation where trust is an absolute necessity, the relationship is put to the test as Agnes reveals Ragnars disturbing secret.
- DirectorMagnus MorkStarsZaman AhmadiAkram AkbariMatthew AshfordIt's late night in a burger bar.
- DirectorDan DiFeliceSalomon LigthelmStarsMike ConnellJason ZednickAnthony Michael LopezSet in the late 60's, broken relationships and an astronomical event intertwine the various narrative threads - an abstract interpretation of the historical Christmas narrative.
- DirectorGustav DanielssonStarsSebastian YlveniusAnton ForsdikDaniella Mendel-EnkLeo kills small animals and his father Johan cant handle it. A handful of small animals are killed during the course of the film and in the end, even Johan gets blood on his hands
- DirectorAdrián CardonaDavid MuñozStarsMarc VelascoNoé BlancafortSalvador LlósJesus Christ and Judas Iscariot battle zombies.
- DirectorSeverin EskelandStarsElvis Tobias EskelandTorill B. FalkReinert HornelandA stressed-out family of three is trying to get time to make a perfect Christmas preparation.
- DirectorGregor SchmidingerStarsMichael GlantschnigJosef MohamedGünther SturmlechnerAn adolescent boy, who serves the military forces, experiences homosexual feelings towards one of his comrades. The suppressed conflict bubbles up during their last night at the border, socially isolated and armed with loaded weapons.
- DirectorPål ØieStarsPer Egil AskeGry M. DahlCecilie A. MosliA man driving his family traveling to a remote cabin in the woods gets tired while driving in the dark. When he falls asleep and awakens by the sound of a bump, like if the car has hit something.
- DirectorVigdis NielsenStarsKristoffer BjergaGlenn André Viste BøeAnders Dale13-year-old Alexander is the smallest kid in his eighth grade class. A tough girl cell-films him in the shower and shares the video with the class, earning him the nickname "Mini". Alexander is, naturally, humiliated, until the new kid in class helps him get his revenge.
- DirectorBobbie PeersStarsDanny SchlesingerKristin Krogh SissenerOle Ivar RudiOne morning, in a gravity-less surreal world, a "sniffer" at a deodorant factory, one morning has to be saved from the ceiling by his wife.
- DirectorPeter MullanStarsGary LewisVicki MassonLaurie VentryIn a squalid tenement building in Glasgow, two toughs lock a helpless young boy inside a broken fridge-freezer.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsUlrich ThomsenJens Jørn SpottagJohn MartinusOn his way to the polls, an idealist yet absent-minded voter must endure continuous waves of racist cab drivers and their offensive remarks.
- DirectorFrank MosvoldStarsKristian Dale HakkelbergStian Barsnes SimonsenSilje AndresenWhen a new boy moves into the area Cecilie and Peter's friendship is changed.
- StarsMarie ElineWilliam RussellMarguerite SnowNora, the only child of a kindly old man, never "grew up" so far as he could see. He treated her "like a doll," as she said later when her eyes were opened, but her girlhood was happy and carefree. She never had opinions, those of her father were enough for her, and when he suggested that she marry Torval Helmer, a young man of probity, she was not consulted. Neither did she object, for that is not one of the doll's privileges. The husband, as did the father, treated Nora like a doll. It never occurred to him that she was a being with a mind and intelligence, but he was fond of her, in his own superior, condescending way. When he was taken sick, he thought it was very kind of her old father to give them the money that paid for a health trip to Italy. He did not know that his "doll wife" had borrowed the cash from a money lender, and to get it has to forge her father's name. Her excuse, perfectly reasonable to her doll's mind, although not legal, was that her father would have signed had it not been that he was fatally ill at the time. And the money was needed, as the doctors told her that without the trip Torval would certainly die. But the artifices of the "doll wife" was a closely guarded secret for many years. She worked late at night, sewing, to pay off the load of her debt under which she labored. And the years passed on, and children came, and Torval grew in wealth and knowledge, but he never once realized that Nora had troubles, and anxiety, simply because she bore her cross with a smiling face. When Torval became the manager of a bank, the crisis came. One of the clerks was lazy and irresponsible, and the new manager discharged him. And he was the man who had loaned Nora the money. He saw a chance to get his place back, and called upon Nora, threatening her with exposure unless he was restored to duty. Then for the first time, she realized that she had committed, what in the eyes of the law was a crime. In her pitiful, doll-like way she tried to get her husband to restore the clerk to duty, but was rebuffed. For he could not see what right she had to interfere in his business. He was not really angry, just provoked. The clerk carried out his threat, but Nora, for a time was able to keep her husband from reading the letter. Then she decided to let the exposure come, believing that the husband who had guided and petted her for years, would, to clear her, take the blame upon himself. But Torval showed that she had not judged him wrongly. His terror was aroused, not for fear of consequences to her, but because of what might happen to himself. And the eyes of the "doll wife" were opened. When the danger of exposure had passes away, through the eleventh hour repentance of the clerk, Torval was ready to forgive and forget. But Nora was not. She saw hos her life had been spoiled from infancy, how she had been suppressed and ignored, and resolutely left her home to start life anew and alone. The pleadings of her husband, and the thoughts of her children did not move her. They were all a part of the "doll's house" and its furniture, and they had no part in the life of a woman, so she put them away from her. And Torval, too late, realizes the fault was his. She tells him that some day she may return "if the miracle happens, making me a different woman, and you are a different man." He lives on, striving for the miracle.
- DirectorJens LienStarsTrond FausaSvein AmundsenKlara DøvingA young man lives in a flat with his mother. One day she falls ill suddenly only to pass away the following day. The young man is left alone in the flat. However a door that can't be shut properly means he must cope with unwanted intrusions.
- DirectorIvo CaprinoStarsTurid HaalandKari DiesenThe little tooth trolls Karius and Baktus tries to persuade Jens not to brush his teeth, and their picking wholes in his teeth can go on as planned. If the mother's plea to Jens is winning, the happy days of white bread and syrup is over.
- DirectorIvo CaprinoStarsHarald Heide SteenAnniken KolstadEven RognlienA young man named Ashlad is getting out on a journey in which he attempts to win both the king's daughter and half the kingdom. But it shall be more difficult than he had imagined.
- DirectorIvo CaprinoStarsHarald Heide-Steen Jr.Claes GillHenki KolstadAn exuberant story about Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairy tales, outwitting the good-natured troll.
- DirectorEven BenestadStarsAndreas CappelenTiril EgelstadAugust Baugstø HanssenTempus Fugit is the story of a psychiatrist caring for an apparently schizophrenic patient. The patient claims to know the exact time of his own death, being in possession of an object, the "Deathcrawler", which can foretell when the user will die. Whether the object merely reads what is already there, or decides the outcome... we don't know.
- DirectorMollie JonesStarsSelma BlairTheresa TillySteve TomNan, seventeen, wakes up alone in a motel room and wonders how she got there. The events of the preceding night come back to her on the subway ride home: a vicious argument between her parents, a one night stand and finally a betrayal.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisAnne ReidJustin FletcherWallace's whirlwind romance with the owner of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsJean BobetJacques AnquetilRaymond PoulidorChronicles the cyclists of the Tour de France and their daily trails along the race.
- DirectorAlbert LamorisseStarsPascal LamorisseSabine LamorisseGeorges SellierA red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBilly ArmstrongLloyd BaconThe Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm.
- DirectorDaniel Paida LarsenStarsIda IngelsThomas OttersenLars Reynert OlsenIn a world where everyone appears to know you better than you do yourself, it's hard to listen and easy to run.
- DirectorGijs BlomStarsRobin BoissevainGijs BlomDaniël BoissevainTwo boys with a troubled home situation decide to run away to Berlin.
- DirectorHenrik Martin DahlsbakkenStarsStein WingeJan MalmsjöLia BoysenA lifelong relationship is coming to an end, the last winter two elderly men, former athletes, spend living together.
- DirectorFarzad SamsamiStarsSerge Balita BuhendwaYoussef DerkaouiMly Youssef EzzahrMany refugees from all over Africa gather in this seaside town, and pay a lot of money to get to Europe in a boat. Foad sees a business opportunity in the boat refugees.
- DirectorCamilla FigenschouStarsØystein AanesEmil EdvardsenThea EdvardsenA group of children are taken on a trip to a beach. While separated from adult supervision, they discover a stranded porpoise. It is dead. They open it up.
- DirectorAnna NolskogStarsCharlie GustafssonJoakim LangSophie AdolfssonJohn and Nicholas are 15 years old and best friends. They are both very interested in girls but feel insecure when it comes to a first sexual encounter with a woman. That's why they decide that they will get some 'practice' on each other...
- DirectorGunhild EngerStarsMartin BøhmerEilif HartwigAina Huguet EstradaA young man visits his parents in Norway with his pregnant Spanish wife. Expectations run high, but in the short ride from the airport, it becomes clear that this won't be the harmonious family occasion everyone hopes for.
- DirectorGerard JohnsonStarsPeter FerdinandoGeorge RussoFrancis PopeDour and awkward recluse Tony lives by himself in a shabby London flat. Friendless and socially maladroit, Tony brings strangers back to his flat and kills them.
- DirectorDominic HaxtonDavid RoslerStarsAdam DonovanJake RobbinsVirginia BartholomewInspired by the alarming increase in real-life tragedies involving high school bullying and suicide, Teens Like Phil tells the story of a gay teen, Phil, and his former friend, Adam, who brutally bullies him.
- DirectorJoel Ashton McCarthyStarsDakota DaulbyNina WinklerDaven PitkinA 14-year-old gay teen lives in a religious town who suffers living in a family and town with a bunch of slurs towards homosexuality, and his best friend Esther tries to "cure" him after Matthew came out to her as gay.
- DirectorLisa Marie GamlemStarsAtdhe BeleguKim Erik Tena EriksenJohannes Sejersted BødtkerAlfred gets bullied. Benny is a bully. Through a series of events they become friends, but Benny keeps their friendship a secret. Benny wants to teach Alfred to hit back. But after an accident, it turns out maybe Alfred also has something to teach Benny.
- DirectorHoward HallStarsJim CarreyZozo KahramanaAn underwater look at the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea and the Indo-Pacific areas and the impact of global warming on the oceans.
- DirectorHans BurgerBilly WilderStarsAnton ReimerOriginally made with a German soundtrack for screening in occupied Germany and Austria, this film was the first documentary to show what the Allies found when they liberated the Nazi extermination camps: the survivors, the conditions, and the evidence of mass murder. The film includes accounts of the economic aspects of the camps' operation, the interrogation of captured camp personnel, and the enforced visits of the inhabitants of neighboring towns, who, along with the rest of their compatriots, are blamed for complicity in the Nazi crimes - one of the few such condemnations in the Allied war records.
- DirectorWeronika NitschA foreign filmmaker, invades the life of her neighbour Bjarne who unwillingly becomes the main character in a documentary about himself.
- DirectorPeter MullanStarsPeter MullanBob CarrDavid McKayVincent has newly become a father, and when his neighbor makes an insulting remark about his daughter, Vincent goes mad, and fetches his hammer.
- DirectorAdam SalkyStarsAdam FlemingMichael CassidyMarla BurkholderHigh school senior Ben secretly lusts after bad boy classmate Johnny. After Ben gives Johnny a ride home one night, the boys end up in Johnny's swimming pool and have an encounter that breaks the rules and blows Ben's mind.
- DirectorOle GiæverStarsAnders BaasmoBjørn SundquistArild runs into the father of his former class mate Kjell in the mountains. Controversy from the past unfolds during this brief meeting.
- DirectorBredo Greve"That Fancy Furcoat of Yours" is a Norwegian anti-fur movie made by Bredo Greve and Svein Krøvel back in 1977. Greve was hired to make the movie by the Swiss company "European Committee for the Protection of Seals and other fur Animals", and was shot guerilla-style at a fur-animal farm near Oslo. Despite its good reception, it has rarely been seen by the public.