20/12/2013 - Discover the ranking of the best 2013 shorts films by Cineuropa's journalist and partnerss

December is a month of rankings and for many cinematographic information websites, it is time to determine the best films of the past year. Cineuropa didn’t miss out on this tradition and publishes, as well as its TOP 5, selections of European films picked by each member of its editorial team (see the Cineuropa Top 5 for the 2013 Best European Films).

This year, we wanted to do more and asked journalists as well as experts in the field from all over Europe for a TOP 5 of 2013 European short films.

The initiative aims at paying tribute to a format – short films – which is able in a few minutes to tell a story, send messages, represent people, countries, ideologies, and account for the diversity and richness of European cinematography.   

Mindful of giving more visibility to shorts, Cineuropa has decided to launch a new platform, a website dedicated to European short films. Following the example of our main site, which will remain accessible at www.cineuropa.org, this new platform will present films and publish interviews, stories from festivals and news, as well as European shorts, of course! 

Cineuropa Shorts will be online in a few weeks so stay tuned!

Consult the individual selections of Cineuropa journalists and partners.

Naman Ramachandran, Cineuropa, UK 

Orbit Ever After, Jamie Magnus Stone,  UK

Two Hearts, Darren Thornton, Ireland

Back Of Beyond, Michael Lennox, UK

Morning, Cathy Brady, Ireland/UK

The Waves (As Ondas), Miguel Fonseca, Portugal

Vladan Petkovic, Cineuropa, Serbia

Exland, Mihai Grecu & Thibault Gleize, France

Pandas, Matúš Vizár, Czech Republic/Slovakia

La lampe au beurre de yak, Hu Wei, China/France

Misterio, Chema Garcia Ibarra, Spain

The Supreme, Katarzyna Gondek, Poland

Tom Van Avermaet, Filmmaker, Belgium

 Butter Lamp, Hu Wei , France/China

The Mass Of Men, Gabriel Gauchet, UK

Oh Willy… Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels, Belgium

Fist of Jesus, Adrián Cardona & David Muñoz, Spain

Just Before Losing Everything (Avant que de tout perdre­), Xavier Legrand, France 

Massimiliano Nardulli, Brest European Short Film Festival, Italy

Stage Three (Stufe Drei), Nathan Nill, Germany

Blach Mulberry (Shavi Tuta), Gabriel Razmadze, France/Georgia

Whale Valley ( Hvalfjordur), Gudmund Arnar Gudmundsson, Iceland

Mystery, (Misterio), Chema García Ibarra, Spain 

Chamomile, (Chamomili), Neritan Zinxhiria, Greece

John Canciani, Winterthur International Film Festival, Switzerland 

After, Pauline Julier , Switzerland

Butter Lamp, Hu Wei, France/China

Da Vinci, Yuri Ancarani, Italy

Hände zum Himmel, Ulrike Putzer & Matthias van Baaren, Austria

The Green Serpent, Of Vodka, Men and Distilled Dreams, Benny Jaberg, Switzerland

Molly Cowderoy, Manager of Short Film City, UK

Just Before Losing Everything (Avant que de tout perdre­), Xavier Legrand, France

Little Secret (Strach), Martin Krejci, Czech Republic

Mother (Matka), Lukasz Ostalski, Poland

Sea View, Jane Linfoot, UK

Mystery, (Misterio), Chema García Ibarra, Spain 

Marcin Luczaj, Zubroffka International Short Film Festival, Poland 

Stew & Punch, Simon Elliis, UK

Reckless, Bjorn Erik Pihlmann Sorensen, Norway

Pride, Pavel G Vesnakov, Bulgaria

Mother, Lukasz Ostalski,  Poland

Wind, Robert Lobel, Germany

Laurence Boyce, Cineuropa / Sleepwalkers Student and Short Film Festival / Leeds Int'l Film Festival, UK/Estonia

Mystery  (Misterio), Chema García Ibarra, Spain

The Mass of Men,  Gabriel Gauchet, UK

The Whistle, Grzegorz Zariczny, Poland

Emergency Calls (Hätäkutsu), Hannes Vartiainen & Pekka Veikkolainen, Finland

Mai, Maria Reinup, Estonia

Alexei Dmitriev, Filmmaker / The Director's Lounge, Russia

Mystery  (Misterio), Chema García Ibarra, Spain

Emergency Calls (Hätäkutsu), Hannes Vartiainen & Pekka Veikkolainen, Finland

Stew & Punch, Simon Elliis, UK

Dad’s Stick,  John Smith, UK

Money Back, Please, Even Hafnor, Norway

Kristen Ruber, Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen , The Netherlands

In The Air Is Christopher Grey,  Felix Massi,  UK

The Mass of Men, Gabriel Gauchet, UK

Dad’s Stick,  John Smith, UK

The Centrifuge Brain Project,  Till Nowak, Germany

A Simpler life, Gunhild Enger, Sweden

Philip Ilson, London Short Film Festival, UK

Lisa, Go Home! (Liza, Namo!), Oksana Buraja, Lithuania / Estonia

Beat, Aneil Karia, UK

Animals I Killed Last Summer (Djur jag dödade förra sommaren) Gustav Danielsson,  Sweden

Sea View, Jane Linfoot, UK

5daimi, Marie Grahtø Sørensen, Denmark

Attila Mocanu, DAAZO - World of Shorts, Hungary

The Mass of Men,  Gabriel Gauchet, UK

Emergency Calls (Hätäkutsu), Hannes Vartiainen & Pekka Veikkolainen, Finland

Reckless, Norway, Bjorn Erik Pihlmann Sorensen

Arena, Martin Rath, Poland

Pride, Pavel G. Vesnakov, Bulgaria

Elisa Cimino, Cineuropa, Italy

Lisa, Go Home! (Liza, Namo!), Oksana Buraja, Lithuania / Estonia

Mother, Lukasz Ostalski,  Poland

The Swimming Trunks (Le Maillot de bain), Mathilde Bayle, France

Oh Willy… Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels, Belgium

Labyrintti (you Built Me a Labyrinth), Lauri-Matti Parppei, Finland

Anna Veilande Kustikova, 2Annas Film Festival, Latvia

Mystery  (Misterio), Chema García Ibarra, Spain

Plug & Play (Iespraud un spēlē), Michael Frei, animation, Switzerland 

The Mass of Men,  Gabriel Gauchet, UK 

Oh Willy… Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels, Belgium

The Maggot Feeder (Ussinuumaja / Tārpu barotājs), Priit Tender, Estonia

Laurent Crouzeix, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival & Market, France

On This Island, Matthew Knott, UK

The Devil, Jean-Gabriel Périot, France

Skok, Kristina Grozeva & Peter Valchanov, Bulgaria

Father, Ivan Bogdanov & al, Croatia, Bulgaria, Germany

45 Degrees, Georgis Grigorakis, Greece