Best European short movies

Step back into the imaginative and frankly terrifying world of Becky & Joe with Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. In this episode: Some things change over Time.

A short film about a robot programmed for love who wants to fix the humans who do not love him back.

A boy is afraid to leave his oasis because of the spirit waiting for him outside.

Two buddies visit a friends couple-urban sophisticate, inhibited parents. While they meet with the baby in his room, the two buddies start on bad jokes about his physique. But they ignore that in the kitchen, everyone hears them through the baby monitor !

One night on Viva FM's late night show, host Vitor Lobo gets a phone call from an old friend.

Insecure and balding Leo has closed himself in his apartment to try a hair growth liquid for fixing up his looks. As Leo tries to get his bodily changes under control the evening quickly turns into chaos.

Sebastian and his mates are about to find out how life can change in a split second... Well, only if you let the circumstances take over.

First the atomic war broke out, new machines were made, dead birds appeared. In 1999, a bacteriological warfare began, there were sandstorms and giant locust infestations; the human tissue was transformed and a new being, once legendary, now real, emerged: the vampire. Only Robert Neville, the last man on Earth, remains unpolluted, living in constant struggle with the new inhabitants of the planet.

A turbulent day in a life, painted by air.

The Crabe-Phare is a legendary crustacean. He captures the lost sailors' boats to add them to his collection. But the crab is getting old, and it is more and more difficult for him to build his collection.

A man is confronted with the change of his day-to-day life following the landing of a sheep on the roof of the house opposite.

Looks at the future of the integration of automation into economics, as well as the impact of this integration to the worldwide workforce.

In February 2012, I went to Ishinomaki, a town North of Tokyo that was half destroyed by the tsunami of March 11th, 2011, to meet the disaster victims who now live in temporary housing. I spent several days in the North, under the snow, listening to these people talk candidly about what they had lived through, telling their own stories without the media as an intermediary. Their testimonies were terrifying, harsh and sad, but at the same time touching, sincere and human. From the pictures and interviews that I collected, I decided to make a film, not to reflect how awful the events were, but to communicate the singular and even surreal nature of each person’s experience. My intention wasn’t so much to focus on this particular event in Japan, but rather to make these stories more universal as a way of paying tribute to all the victims of natural disasters throughout the world.

Retired actor Lars-Gunnar Persson spends his days with his neighbor's dog, sharing memories of failed relationships and questioning what life might have been. It's a friendship that suits Lars-Gunnar because the dog, Zeb, is an excellent listener.

An ambitious but somewhat lazy village photographer tries to survive in the big city. To earn some money and perhaps shine in a prestigious society, she attends a posh party. Hanging out with the people there, she decides to radically change her life. Can she make it without killing anyone in the process?

In a not too distant future, societies of all countries come to rely on an intricate network of artificial intelligence devices designed to bring efficacy to man's life. Yet, man continues to devour himself in useless wars. A strong political hierarchy now divides all powers into three factions, and A. I. devices rapidly gain ground as efficiency becomes a priority. As social revolts grow worse everyday, authorities seek ways to control their citizens. They decide to carry out a series of tests that will determine not only whether some crucial powers can be transferred to non human entities, but also whether man is ready to yield those powers. The world has become a cell for all man and women, who withstand and endure their lives, rather than living them. Machines might have found a solution. From now on, you are set free.

What happens when an 18-year-old babysitter finds out she's sitting for a 27-year-old slacker?

This boy is so obsessed with a personal record.

A surprising western starring ... penises.

While watering plants, a man slips on a banana peel and falls from the rooftop of a tall building. As he's falling to his death, blackbirds appear and play him a movie reel that recapitulates his life, which makes him realize something.

A sexy French maid fights the living dead.

When newly elected MP Richard Dove runs over a young girl on a deserted forest road, he must decide to what lengths he will go to save his blossoming career.

The film follows 93-year-old Sia, over the course of a day - from the time the sun rises in the east until it sets in the west. But this is no ordinary day. It is her last. When Sia in the end closes her eyes it will be for the very last time. After two strange encounters with her pet parrot and cat she herself realises that this exact day will be her last. And it is with this realisation in mind that she has her two best friends over for tea in order to ask them to aid her with her final preparations. But not all goes according to plan.

Mark is going to help his uncle out. Maybe.

For René Fustercluck, life was bad, the Apocalypse was awful, and then Gordon arrived.

Videoclip for the song Steh auf from the German-swedish metal duo Lindemann, directed by Zoran Bihac and featuring Peter Stormare

A man does everything in his power to get his wife back and put an end to his crisis.

'Lost Boy' is an ambitious sci-fi concept heavily influenced by the American action classics and Japanese samurai films. It instantly captures viewers with its highly visual and unparalleled sci-fi world.

Elias and Nora discover that their daughter Léa is the fountain of life in human form. Through mutual contact with water, she can cure anyone of anything. But it's not without consequence.

Lisbon, Portugal, 1927. The writer and journalist Fernando Pessoa accepts from his boss the commission to create an advertising slogan for the drink Coca-Louca; but conservative government authorities consider the new drink as revolutionary as it is diabolical.

The Hungarian family make their best to entertain the German exchange-student with traditional Hungarian dishes. The rather insignificant head of the family tries to reach for the salt cellar but can't do it, while his family keeps on chatting and eating without noticing that someone has gone missing from the table.

Inès is facing a difficult choice. Tonight, she thinks about the decision she will make.

Stick-figure animation makes for a witty genre send-up of the Western.

A crazy brief depiction of what would happen during our last day in this sociopathic world.

In a small village of the North of France, an attack alert has been set off due to the combination of two events: the beginning of the hunting season and an argument between drunk Polish workers.

2 years after the death of his girlfriend, the 21-year old Travis must face his inner demons and change his way of living.

A little girl asks to her mom what's virgin mean? mom answers. after this little girl asks what's extra virgin mean...?

Part 5 of Godard's 8 part examination of the history of the concept of cinema and how it relates to the 20th century.

In a losing war for a nameless cause a soldier is sent to the combat zone to deliver a message from high above to the officer in charge. His mission proves to be harder than anticipated since the havoc has apparently dissolved any vestige of order or structure and every man seems to be fighting for himself. The soldier remains unyielding in his quest however; confident in the importance and relevance of the message he carries, hoping that it will contain vital information that will save his life and his comrades. But he might be in for a big disappointment...

Hummingbird is the only one able to drink the nectar of Angel’s Trumpet. What could be the next step in its evolution?

They have come this far and now they have to face the final test.

A woman finally gets the job she's been waiting for, but a sweet offer never comes without a bitter aftertaste.

A parody/mashup of the claymation animated children's show "Pingu" (1986-2006) and the cult-classic sci-fi/horror film "The Thing" (1982).

Morag is 86. She lives alone at the end of a track looking out to sea on her croft on the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, with her three cats and twelve sheep. Morag was born in this house and has lived here her whole life, following five generations of the family who came before her. Cailleach is a portrait of Morag and her simple and peaceful life as she contemplates her next chapter, shares her unique sense of independence and the connection she has to her wild island home.

Thirteen year old Julija and her mother flee their abusive household to find refuge on an idyllic Croatian island where Julija grew up. Emotionally scarred, Julija is desperate to reconnect with her best friend, Ana. But Ana is in love with a boy and Julija is no longer a priority.

The story of a couple's nice Sunday picnic that turns into science fiction in the blink of an eye.

On planet Sigma, enormous creatures are trapped inside the ice. And then, all of a sudden explosions erupt from subterranean volcanoes. The ice begins to melt; a global warming concludes the giants’ deep slumber and new life begins. The creatures crawl forth, out of the ice.

One night, an old lady flees the carnival and takes refuge in the mountains. At midnight, the devil knocks on his door and offers him a very special domino game.

4-year-old Alba's dad is a film director.

Bound in ancient celestial ballet, nine dead Kings arise to claim a fallen Emperor.

A former pilot looks back over his life: the Earth, the Sky, the Woman – everything that took place on the journey from an air strip to an abandoned boat house. Memories and flashes of various time periods create a surreal mood in which the present, past and future all exist at the same time.

After four months without seeing each other, a girl is visited by her ex-boyfriend.

A man playing with his phone painfully learns that the legendary serial killer Jason Voorhees can't stand the urgency of social media.

Abby and Luca are circus acrobats, travelling from town to town to perform their duet. Their love relationship is falling apart. As they are driving in their small camping-car to the next theater, they have to confront their problems to regain trust in each other.

Melanie is obsessed with the life of her possible donor father. Is she looking for a future or a past with him?

During WW2 a boy tries to save himself and his baby sister from a German soldier.

It should have been just another day, but Ruben’s scheduled meeting with Dave is making him nervous. Fearful imaginings haunt his morning. He forgets to lock his door, misses the bus and when he enters the office he sees a deer waiting for him.

At 22, Alain is already a living legend in Marseille. Of all the young divers who jump from the Corniche, he is the only one to dive head and neck forward "to break the water". If the jump allows him to control his impulses, he knows that he will not be able to brave forever the fear of heights.

A teenager wakes to discover she’s the last person on Earth.

A little man lives in an old suitcase. One day he finds a new friend - an old blind man. The little man jumps into the blind man's pocket. With music, the pocket man helps the blind man walk and see things in the street. Both are very happy together.

In these dark times, you may think that every hazard has been identified, but nobody has taken into consideration how dangerous dance can be...

Inside a museum, nowadays. A diorama represents two young soldiers in the trenches. All of a sudden, we are thrown into the diorama: the immobile soldiers come to life, there is terror on their faces – the camera dances around them – explosions, chaos, fog: everything flies about in the air. With every gunshot, they shudder and curl up

A young man catches the eye of another in a public park. The dance begins, the public toilets beckon. For one of them, this is one of many such encounters. For the other, it's the first time.