List of independent short films
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This is a list of independent short films. A short film
refers to a film that is generally anywhere under 50 minutes in length.
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
refers to a film that is generally anywhere under 50 minutes in length.
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- ArsArs (film)Ars is a 1959 French film short written and directed by Jacques Demy....
(1959) - 18 minutes, Director Jacques DemyJacques DemyJacques Demy was one of the most approachable filmmakers to appear in the wake of the French New Wave. Uninterested in the formal experimentation of Alain Resnais, or the political agitation of Jean-Luc Godard, Demy instead created a self-contained fantasy world closer to that of François...
(after texts of Jean-Marie Vianney) - A Country WeddingA Country WeddingA Country Wedding is a 2010 American short film written and directed by David Baker and co-directed by Justin Smith, produced by Three Crows Productions....
(2010) - writer/director Davis Baker, co-director Justin Smith, produced by Three Crows Productions - AmanecerAmanecerAmanecer is a 2009 short film written and directed by Alvaro D. Ruiz, produced by Luci Temple and Janet Duncan of Luneta Productions, and Ulysses Oliver of Marshmallow Productions...
(2009) – Writer/director Alvaro D. Ruiz, produced by Luci Temple and Janet Duncan of Luneta Productions - An Eye on XAn Eye On XAn Eye On X , 1995, is a short film produced and directed by Pogus Caesar,about the extraordinary Birmingham micro sculptor Willard Wigan.An Eye On X was filmed in Birmingham, UK.-Synopsis:...
- Producer/director Pogus CaesarPogus CaesarPogus Caesar is a British artist, television producer and director. He was born in St Kitts, West Indies, and grew up in Birmingham, England.-History:...
, Windrush Productions - Cutting MomentsCutting MomentsCutting Moments is a 1997 short film written, produced and directed by Douglas Buck, in cooperation with The New School. The film was re-released in August 2004 as part of Buck's suburban holocaust collection Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America.- Synopsis :In the center of a monotonous-like...
(1996 in film1996 in filmMajor releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...
) - Director Douglas BuckDouglas BuckDouglas Buck is an American film director.Buck grew up in Long Island, later moving to New York City, where he began making films while working as an airport electrical engineer. Buck started by making short films, including Cutting Moments , Home , and Prologue , all three of which were collected... - CurtainsCurtains (short film)Curtains is a Canadian short film. Produced in both English and French , it was nominated for a Genie and many other awards.- Plot :...
(1995) - Day of IndependenceDay of IndependenceDay of Independence is a short film, broadcast as a half-hour PBS television special. It is a drama, set during the Japanese American internment of World War II, produced by Cedar Grove Productions with Visual Communications as fiscal sponsor....
(2003) - Director Chris TashimaChris TashimaChris Tashima is a Japanese American actor and director. He is co-founder of the entertainment company Cedar Grove Productions and Artistic Director of its Asian American theatre company, Cedar Grove OnStage. He is the son of U.S. Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima...
, Producer Lisa OnoderaLisa OnoderaLisa Onodera is an American independent film producer, of such noted films as Picture Bride, The Debut and Americanese. She grew up in Berkeley, California, and attended UCLA where she received a degree from the School of Motion Picture and Television.Early film credits include serving as...
, Cedar Grove ProductionsCedar Grove ProductionsCedar Grove Productions is an independent production company based in Los Angeles, CA., specializing in media and theatre arts representing the Asian Pacific American community... - DenkoDenkoDenko is a 1993 short drama film directed by Guinean film maker Mohamed Camara. The story involves incest between a mother and son. The film won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the award for Best Short film at the Fribourg International Film Festival and...
(1993) - Director Mohamed CamaraMohamed Camara (film director)Mohamed Camara is a Guinean film director and actor based in France. He studied at the Atelier Blanche Salant in Paris. He has explored controversial topics in his films such as incest , child suicide and homosexuality... - I'm HereI'm Here"I'm Here" is Yuna Ito's 7th single in total, and first of the year 2007, released after her successful debut album "Heart", on March 14, 2007 under Studioseven Recordings.-Overview:...
(2010) - Writer/Director Spike JonzeSpike JonzeSpike Jonze is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television... - Me and the Big GuyMe and the Big GuyMe and the Big Guy is a 1999 short film that satirizes Nineteen Eighty-Four by way of lampooning the fact that Big Brother is watching everyone, even those he'd rather not.-Plot:...
- Main zindagi hoonMain zindagi hoonMain zindagi hoon, known internationally as I am life, is a 2009 short film in Hindi language, written, produced and directed by Prashant Bhilare, his first film as a director. The actual running time of the short is forty minutes. But there do exists three shorter versions of the film, edited for...
(2009) - producer/writer/director Prashant Bhilare
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- Nicky's GameNicky's GameNicky’s Game is an American short film, originally developed and produced as an independent television pilot, based on Peter Alson’s New York Times Best Seller "Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie". The film was shot in 16mm on location in New York City and premiered in 2005 at the inaugural New...
- RejectedRejectedRejected is an animated short comedy film by Don Hertzfeldt that was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2000. It received 27 awards from film festivals around the world....
- ReflectionsReflections (documentary)Reflections is a 1999 documentary film tracing the lives of three individuals who migrated to Britain from the West Indies in search of a better life.-Film:'Reflections' was filmed on location in St Kitts, Nevis and Birmingham, England...
- Producer/director Pogus Caesar, Windrush Productions - RemembranceRemembrance (short film)Remembrance is a Canadian short film. It was nominated for a Genie and won the Jutra for Best Short in 2002.- Plot :Remembrance is an unusual wartime romance, inspired by two true but little-known stories: a man with an extremely rare memory condition, synesthesia, which literally prevented him...
(2001) - RequiemRequiem (1995 film)Requiem is a narrative short film directed by actress Elizabeth Sung, made in the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women...
(1995) - directed by Elizabeth SungElizabeth SungElizabeth Fong Sung is an Asian American actress and film director.From 1994-96, she appeared on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless as Luan Volien.... - ShooterShooter (short film)- Plot :An idealistic young photographer, eager to join the big leagues, spends the night on a stakeout with three experienced paparazzi....
(2000) - Sleeping BeautiesSleeping BeautiesSleeping Beauties is a 1999 short comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit. It premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. It stars Sarah Lassez as a morgue beautician trying to get over her ex-girlfriend, played by Radha Mitchell. Babbit made the film with help from David Fincher and Michael Douglas...
- Sleeping with Charlie KaufmanSleeping with Charlie KaufmanSleeping with Charlie Kaufman is a 2010 American short animated comedy created by J Roland Kelly using Xtranormal.It held its premiere on June 3, 2010 at the Little Rock Film Festival, where it was one of the contenders for the Charles B...
(2010) - Written/directed/produced by J Roland Kelly Official Selection of the Rome International Film Festival - Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo StoryStand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo StoryStand Up For Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story is an educational narrative short film, co-produced by Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress and Visual Communications .- Background :...
- from Visual Communications (VC)Visual Communications (VC)Visual Communications – also known as VC – is a community-based non-profit media arts organization in Los Angeles, dedicated to creating, preserving and presenting Asian Pacific American history and culture through the media arts... - The Sons of EilabounThe Sons of EilabounThe Sons of Eilaboun is a 2007 documentary film by Palestinian artist and film maker Hisham Zreiq , that tells the story of the Nakba in Eilaboun and Eilabun massacre, which was committed by the Israeli army during Operation Hiram in October 1948...
- Short version (2007) Dir: Hisham ZreiqHisham ZreiqHisham Zreiq , also spelled Zrake, is an award-winning Palestinian Christian Independent film maker, poet and visual artist. He began working in computer art in 1994, and in 1996 started exhibiting his work in galleries and museums.... - TwitchTwitch (film)Twitch is a Student Academy Award nominated short film directed by Leah Meyerhoff.Twitch kicked off the film festival circuit by winning a Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance and going on to screen in over 200 film festivals worldwide...
(2005) - directed by Leah MeyerhoffLeah MeyerhoffLeah Meyerhoff is a Student Academy Award nominated director, producer and screenwriter. Her films have screened in over 200 film festivals worldwide and won over a dozen international awards.-Biography:... - Visas and VirtueVisas and VirtueVisas and Virtue is a 1997 narrative short film inspired by the true story of Holocaust rescuer Chiune "Sempo" Sugihara, who is known as "The Japanese Schindler"...
(1997) - Director Chris TashimaChris TashimaChris Tashima is a Japanese American actor and director. He is co-founder of the entertainment company Cedar Grove Productions and Artistic Director of its Asian American theatre company, Cedar Grove OnStage. He is the son of U.S. Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima...
, Producer Chris DonahueChris DonahueChris Donahue is an American film and television producer. He was born in Dallas, Texas, attended Jesuit College Preparatory, and currently resides in Los Angeles. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America...
, Cedar Grove ProductionsCedar Grove ProductionsCedar Grove Productions is an independent production company based in Los Angeles, CA., specializing in media and theatre arts representing the Asian Pacific American community...
(Short Film Oscar winnerAcademy Award for Live Action Short FilmThis name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...
) - Within the Woods (1978) - 32 minutes, Director Sam RaimiSam RaimiSamuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. He is best known for directing cult horror films like the Evil Dead series, Darkman and Drag Me to Hell, as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man films and the producer of the successful TV series Hercules: The...
- The ballad of the waves (2011) - 27 minutes 37 seconds, Director Gopakumar, Producer Sripriya & Sangeeta, Lensmangops Pictures
- The Pink Circle StoryThe Pink Circle StoryThe Pink Circle Story, original title "BRAHMA" is a 2011 silent short directed by Mumbai based filmmaker Prashant Bhilare. This is his second short after Main zindagi hoon which represented India at the 1st First Step Film Fest in Albania in October 2010."BRAHMA" is an experimental/ abstract short...
(2010)- producer/ writer/ director Prashant Bhilare
External links
- 4Filmmaking.com - Detailed articles on of producing short films.
- Shortfilmcentral.com - International database of short films, festivals and events, filmmakers and companies involved with short films.