World Cinema

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A vivid and varied collection of quality short films from around the world, all sourced from the MiShorts library.

Remarkable stop-motion animated short created as a graduation project telling the story of a turning point in the lives of an old man and his grandson.Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: Jasper Kuipers

Wryly amusing film about the adventures of two young Japanese tourists on a summer's day in London.Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShorts Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

In a futuristic digital world, people speak in a binary language and do lots of drugs. Three friends meet in a bar to share the latest digital highs, but one of them has something new and its called 'analog'. This latest unnatural high has an unbelievably liberating effect, in a 70s disco sort of way...Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShorts Director: Falk Peplinski

In this sci-fi thriller with strong language we meet a modern-day Gang of Four who perform any kind of crime, provided the price is right. They call themselves the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, with FAMINE played by Miguel Gallego, Carlos Bahos as DEATH, Paula Garber as WAR and Jose Vega as VICTORY. Based on the Apocalypse of St. John and its many theories, destruction and mayhem have never been so close.Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: Ferran Brooks

A quiet man is confronted with his troubled past by an unwanted visitor. Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: Vincent Nijman

Salvador is a master of Surrealism, one of the founders of making our surreal world appear for our eyes ... and the surreal continuation of surreal expression has ever since continued ...Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: Halvdan Engen

The offical video for this Enrico Nascimbeni song. Angels Avenue is the road where dead people live. Smoking a joint, a young man thinks of his past life: memories of family, mum and dad...all dead now.Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: massimo balloi

Solange and Claire are two housemaids who construct elaborate sadomasochistic rituals when their mistress is away. Note the clever use of Regency-era striped wallpaper.Inspired by Jean Genet's play "Le Bonnes" Stop violence against women!Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: massimo balloi

In this absurdist satire, Indian star Sarita Choudhury plays a court-appointed arbitrator employed to stop a family's quarrel over a dead loved one's final possession: absolutely nothing. Loosely based on the infamous Terri Schiavo euthanasia case, features the international hit song 'Sweet Lassi Dub' by the UK's Bhutan Philharmonic.Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: Jeffrey Stanley

An empty house isn't always as empty as you think. It's just that its human occupants don't understand that their furniture has feelings, too!Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: Vincent Nijman

The remarkable '12movies12minutes' project of Dutch filmmakers, Vincent Nijman and Fuji Rademaker continues with this double whammy: two experimental shorts, one from each director. Each film is six minutes in duration and both were shot in the same location - a maze.Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: Fuji Rademaker & Vincent Nijman

When the private cravings of a street performer clash with a teenage fan, reality proves to be tougher than any midday fantasy.Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: Omer Reis

Place: Palazzo Farnese. Hero: Cavaradossi. He hears the drums that announce his execution, while his lover, Tosca prays to the God, Scarpia to free him. She asks why he has abandoned her and screams "Vissi d'arte"! (I lived for art!). Meanwhile, Cavaradossi cannot stop thinking about her body, her voice, her lips...Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: massimo balloi

Mario Valentino  presents his Autumn/Winter collection for 2012-13 with all his favourite models. Despite the usual back-stage tensions, the photo-shoot was a huge success and the results are reminiscent of 20 years ago when top photographers like Helmut Newton shot for Mario. With refined elegance, enriched with aggressive, modern flavours, it has all come beautifully to life!Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: massimo balloi

Highly original and superbly executed short about the life of a film noir shadow that manages to free itself from its flesh and bone Wearer. The director sourced clips from 56 classic B/W thrillers to make the film, cleverly combining them to create an original story by adding the shadow to each scene as an extra character.The film is a prequel for a feature script and the director is looking for producers. Any offers?Download the HD version for keeps at www.mishorts.comJoin our video-packed Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MiShortsDirector: Fabrice Mathieu