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476 articles available in total starting from 06/09/2011. Last article published on 20/08/2026.

Júlia Coldwell Serra • Director of Nobody Barks

Interview: Júlia Coldwell Serra • Director of Nobody Barks

“How far can a person go in maintaining a lie in order to protect someone they love?”

The director unpicks her short film about a woman who accidentally runs over her nephew’s dog, which is part of EFP’s Future Frames initiative  

02/07 | Future Frames 2026

Helmi Donner • Director of The Lightning Rod

Interview: Helmi Donner • Director of The Lightning Rod

“I wanted to convey an experience that would contain the magical and the mundane because that reflects how I see life”

After it saw success on the circuit – including a screening at Cannes as part of La Cinef in 2025 – the Finnish director takes her short film to Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

01/07 | Future Frames 2026

Sheffield Doc/Fest crowns Filthy as its winner

Sheffield Doc/Fest crowns Filthy as its winner

The Spanish documentary by Bàrbara Mestanza and Marc Pujolar has been rewarded for its “courageous storytelling and remarkable creative vision”  

15/06 | Sheffield Doc Fest 2026 | Awards

Undercurrents of normality permeate this year’s short films at Cannes

Undercurrents of normality permeate this year’s short films at Cannes

CANNES 2026: As the shorts vying for the Palme d’Or prepare to unspool, we take a look at some of the films and find people trying to live normal lives in an uncertain world  

20/05 | Cannes 2026

Sheffield Doc/Fest lifts the lid on its programme

Sheffield Doc/Fest lifts the lid on its programme

The main festival theme will be “Realities in Motion”, reflecting how our lives are continually reshaped by collective action  

29/04 | Sheffield Doc Fest 2026

Short Inherited Silence wins the International Grand Prix at the Tampere Film Festival

Short Inherited Silence wins the International Grand Prix at the Tampere Film Festival

The Georgian effort by Mariam Khatchvani has been honoured at the annual celebration of short film, while Best Documentary went to the Swedish film Son by Leona Cauklija  

09/03 | Shorts | Finland

Samuel Suffren’s Blue Heart captures the hearts of the Clermont-Ferrand jury

Samuel Suffren’s Blue Heart captures the hearts of the Clermont-Ferrand jury

The Haitian-French co-production has grabbed the International Grand Prix at the world’s biggest short-film festival  

09/02 | Shorts | France

Clermont-Ferrand announces its 2026 programme

Clermont-Ferrand announces its 2026 programme

The 48th edition of the largest dedicated short-film festival in the world boasts competitions consisting of 144 titles and will unspool from 30 January-7 February  

08/12/2025 | Shorts | France

Lauris and Raitis Ābele • Directors of Dog of God

Interview: Lauris and Raitis Ābele • Directors of Dog of God

“In school, no one teaches us where our werewolf history comes from”

The filmmaker siblings discuss Livonian werewolf myths and how making a Latvian animation in the wake of Flow has affected them  

21/11/2025 | /Latvia/USA

Review: The Tree of Knowledge

Review: The Tree of Knowledge

Eugène Green’s latest film is a treatise on modern-day Portugal that takes the form of a surreal and playful fable  

19/09/2025 | Films | Reviews | France

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