EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS

EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS

A collection of the best experimental short films from around the world today.

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EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS
  • THIS IS HOW I FELT, 1min., USA, Black & White/Experimental

    This Is How I Felt was filmed in a twenty-four period while the filmmaker was wearing a heart monitor to investigate possible arrhythmias.

    https://www.instagram.com/jweissbach/

    Directed by Josh Weissbach

  • Sailing for the Crown (Silk vs. Steel), 5min., Czechia, Documentary/Fashion

    A visual fashion documentary set aboard a luxury cruise ship.

    The film follows the finalists of the Miss Princess of the World pageant during their journey aboard the massive cruise liner MSC Europa. Rather than focusing on the staged glamour of the competition itself, the documentary observes t...

  • when, 4min., Portugal, Experimental

    when you don't have a live, you have a dead.

    Directed by José Augusto Carvalho

  • OCTOBER IS OVER, 28min., Brazil, Drama/Experimental

    Beside the savage desire to realize the enormities which he brooded on, nothing was sacred.

    Directed by Karen Akerman, Miguel Seabra Lopes

  • CONFIDENT, 12min., Brazil, Experimental/Black & White

    This is me.

    Directed by Karen Akerman, Miguel Seabra Lopes

    http://cargocollective.com/migka

  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 10min., Brazil, Experimental/Black & White

    A lonely man waiting some people to celebrate his birthday

    Directed by Paulo Leão

  • ANDREA- ANXIETYPANIC, 4min., Italy, Experimental/New Media

    Andrea has a life full of responsibility, but every day he fights an enemy

    Directed by Simona Mancini

  • Watch based on a fake story, 5min., Portugal, Experimental

    A man returns after years away, doesn't recognise himself and feels like a stranger in his hometown. / Um homem regressa depois de anos de afastamento, não se revê no que encontra e sente-se um estranho na sua própria cidade. / Un homme revient après des années d'absence, ne se reconnaît pas et s...

  • SHADOW LIKE, 13min., Iran, Action/Experimental

    A lonely and anxious man with a mysterious past becomes consumed by a pathological suspicion toward those closest to him — a paranoia that drives him to the edge of violence, psychological collapse, and self-destruction

    https://www.instagram.com/setareh.hasht8

    Directed by saeed dadgar

    Director...

  • The Kid, The Moon and The Forest, 5min., Argentina, Animation/Experimentalal

    A kid dreams and walks around the Forest

    Directed by Ileana Andrea Gómez Gavinoser

  • CLOUD 9, 3min., USA, Music Video/Experimental

    A Music video from singer/songwriter Devin White featuring Ant Wavy.

    Directed by Travis Houze

    Starring/Writer: Devin White

    Director Statement

    The inspiration for Cloud 9 was based on the stories by singer/songwriter Devin White who believed that R&B music can bring emotions out of one another...

  • QUEEN, 4min., USA, Music Video/Experimental

    “QUEEN” is a sprawling, scenic driven music short from R&B recording artist Devin White. The film was directed by White’s longtime creative director Travis Houze. Set hours away from inner city traffic and congestion, the film’s crew immersed themselves in a experience that would ultimately broad...

  • BOY SCIENTIST, 3min., USA, Animation/Music

    A brilliant boy scientist meets the girl scientist of his dreams, poised and beautiful, surrounded by flasks and beakers. The best he can do is bottle her image in his flask, so he may serenade and waltz with her in his Quantum Physics Lab.

    http://alanthemusical.com/

    https://www.instagram.com/a...

  • VOICES - VORTEX, 5min., Chili, Music/Black & White/Experimental

    The protagonist walks through the city towards her apartment, hearing in the distance the sound and voices of a social protest in the city. When she gets home, she turns on the television, and to her surprise, images of the band VORTEX begin to appear as if in a virtual reality, in which she hers...

  • CAMERA AND BODY, 4min., Slovenia, Documentary/Experimental

    I dedicated my video to the camera and the body. I tried to tell my own story about a body trapped in chaos, silence, pain and helplessness. And about a camera that helped me free my body and find my authentic language.

    Directed by Andrejka Skračić

    Cast: Vana

    Director Statement:

    As the title ...

  • Reach For Me, 4min., USA, Animation/Experimental (High School made film)

    Time and space merge as a mother and daughter heal their past and future selves in this ethereal short.

    Directed by Hazel Baileh Klein Wolff

    Director Statement
    This film is a story not just about my life, but also the lives of the beautiful and powerful women in my family before me. I wrote thi...

  • Watch CAMERA AND BODY, 4min., Documentary/Experimental

    I dedicated my video to the camera and the body. I tried to tell my own story about a body trapped in chaos, silence, pain and helplessness. And about a camera that helped me free my body and find my authentic language.

    https://instagram.com/andrejkaart/

    Directed by Andrejka Skračić

    Cast: Vana...

  • Watch GUANTO, 3min., Italy, Fashion/Experimental

    The theme I started from is apathy, understood as a sense of isolation, alienation from society and self, managed in silence.

    The goal is to go beyond perceived reality in everyday experience by rejecting rational inquiry and evoking what remains hidden and unknown: the unconscious, a world comp...

  • Watch ETERNAL CHILD, 7min., Mexico, Experimental

    The childhood serves as the emotional and psychological foundation that shapes human beings throughout their entire lives. Through poetic and evocative imagery, the script connects the stages of childhood, adulthood, and old age, revealing how early-life experiences remain as symbolic scars that ...

  • Watch Knight's Memory, 3min., Greece, Experimental/Black & White

    The Chessboard, the Battle, the Time.
    A leaf falls in every move... and if you catch it, you might recognize what you've lost.
    A move of doubt.. and the knight with the broken head remains in place.
    In memory, time does not pass.
    On the chessboard, silence is never defeated.

    https://www.instagra...

  • AWAITING WONDER. 12min., Cyprus, Poetry film

    A poetic exploration of a love story, of a widower that is going through the lonely journey of coming to terms with the sudden loss of his wife.

    Directed by Eleana Theophilou

    Director Biography

    She is a filmmaker and an artist. In her artistic practice, she engages with various disciplines i...

  • AUDITORY, 2min,. USA, Experimental/Black & White

    A young girl begins to experience auditory hallucinations 'hearing voices' impacting her life

    Directed by Justin Walker

    Starring: Islien Walker

  • MISS TAKEN, 8min., USA, Experimental/LGBTQ+

    Trapped in a questionable medical facility, a trans woman undergoes attempted forced conversion therapy. This is her fight to maintain her true identity, fighting against being mistaken for someone she's not.

    Directed by Nathan Thompson

    Written by Chilli Kellaway

    Cast: Lola Battle, Mckenna Bir...

  • AN ORDINARY EXPERIENCE, 52min., France, Experimental/Documentary

    52' documentary film
    original music : Pierre Yves LENIK
    A film by Hervé MARCOTTE
    In July 2022, I brought together two sixteen-year-olds, Jeanne and Romain, in a house by the sea.
    They didn't know each other yet.
    I was determined to take them seriously,
    and make them live
    with all their uncertaint...