Hundreds of short films are released on the festival circuit yearly. We review those that spoke most to us here.
In exploring humankind’s intimate relationship with artificial intelligence, Inès Sieulle exposes our prejudices and tendencies as a species more than anything else.
Through sketch-like animations, Tomek Popakul and Kasumi Ozeki skilfully capture teenage rage and rural isolation in contemporary Poland.
In Eglė Davidaviče’s deeply personal film, the exploration of self-acceptance is intrinsically connected with community.
In an attempt to tell a universal story, Nienke Deutz’s The Miracle arrives only at vagueness.
An unapologetic coming-of-age tale, La Perra dives straight into the paradoxes of female desire. A lonely and sometimes hurtful experience.
How do we find ourselves in such tumultuous times? Self-taught animator Cillian Laurence Green reminds us that the world is ours to make and that it’s not all doom and gloom.
A haphazard episode of an introspective sitcom: All Gucci My Broski is a wild dive into the existential crisis of a single white man named Jonny.
Two characters are trapped in a colourless existence of apathy, their reality slipping away without them noticing.
Alice Brygo mixes documentary footage with computer-generated imagery to produce an intriguing, genre-defying admixture of realism and the surreal.
Feminism and sex triumph at the same time in Flóra Anna Buda’s big winner of the Cannes, Annecy, and Sarajevo short film prizes.
A gruesome and eerie stop-motion fairytale, aesthetically influenced by the Brothers Grimm
In his short film debut, Stephen Vuillemin explores parasocial relationships, highlighting the pervasive feeling of surveillance that has become increasingly prevalent in our digital age.
