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We hope you’ve enjoyed our generous offering of short film gems so far. It’s been a joy to share these incredible stories with you, and we’re truly grateful for your support!
Now, it’s time for the next chapter in our journey. We’re excited to announce Shortly.film’s evolution into a premium service designed to elevate your viewing experience and continue inspiring the next generation of filmmakers in a generous, positive, and impactful way. 🌟
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Most watched films at Shortly right now
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August 2024
Don’t be a Fomo, be a Promo!
Keep up with the latest, see what others see.
And be a pioneer; explore! Find out what others are missing.
Go forth into the realms of mystery, darkness, and the obscure.
Glory to the brave!
How to hold a cloud to the ground
Brazil, 18 minutes
What happens after THE END? A “Once upon a time…” told backwards. The fable of Isabela, a phantasmagoric journey of a girl searching for her true self.
Am I too BIG?
Japan, 4 minutes
Tomowo is going to meet a pretty girl named Haruko found on SNS. Haruko was worried about if she is too big. A friend of his, Makoto is concerned about it because he feels it is strange. He finally met Haruko ,but she was very big.
Pandemonium
UK, 44 minutes
Jonathan, a man who comes home one night is terrorised by sinister forces that have emerged on earth.
Blood Stains
US, 14 minutes
Leaving his band and girlfriend behind to become a star in America, an ambitious singer meets a mysterious hitchhiker who can turn his dream into a nightmare.
Limbo
US, 5 minutes
A man wakes up in an unfamiliar place and goes on a journey with a mysterious girl to find out what happened to him.
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For the love of film,
The Shortly Team
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New amazing shorts at Shortly
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January 2024
🎬 Unleash your thirst for excitement! 🔥Immerse yourself in a world of redemption, suspense and nightmarish horrors with the new short films on Shortly!
🎥 Watch these three new short films at Shortly.
Redemption
Ex-Con Diego Struggles to Escape Dark Past Amidst Sinister Forces in Gripping Thriller!
Avian
Contractor Faces Nightmarish HorrorsRetrieving Bio-Sci Company’s Violent ‘Assets’!
Hanging by a thread
Future Unveiled: Clothespin Freaks Stitch Life Back into Humanity with Vulkeet Sidekicks!
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For the love of film,
The Shortly Team
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🇫🇷 French Fantasy – Stream at Shortly today
🇫🇷 French Fantasy – Stream at Shortly today
August 2023
I Made My Own Course Down the Passive Rivers – a French Fantasy short film
Step into a world of enchantment and mystery!
A mesmerizing journey through a night of surreal encounters and heart-wrenchingrevelations. This French fantasy film will whisk you away to a realm wheredreams and reality collide, leaving you spellbound till the very last second. (38 minutes)
Are you ready to unlock the secrets of the journey?
🎥 Watch the short film I Made My Own Course Down the Passive Rivers at Shortly.
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Join us on Instagram and Facebook as we will visit and report from Ravenheart International Film Festival and Echo Base Live Scandinavia in the upcoming weeks.
The excitement never stops!
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😋 Enjoy this horror short film at Shortly
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August 2023
Angels – a Horror short film about being eaten alive
Unveil the Sinister Seduction of ‘Angels’: Renan’s Passionate Farewell Takes a Terrifying Turn as Love Becomes a Lethal Curse. Can Elena and Veronica Rescue Him from the Jaws of Dreadful Desolation in this Haunting Brazilian Horror Delight? (38 minutes)
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For the love of film,
The Shortly Team
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🎞 Mystery Thriller from Iran: Playback
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August 2023
Playback – a Mystery Thriller
In quarantine, a man and a woman play a married couple – husband and wife, and then the roles changes. (15 minutes)
🎥 Watch the awarded short film Playback at Shortly.
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For the love of film,
The Shortly Team
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🎞 Top short film at Shortly: In Vitro
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July 2023
Watch what others are watching at Shortly this week!
In Vitro: In a nearby future, where the male gender is banned, a woman discovers that her missing mother, a scientist, was growing a man in her lab. While she tries to understand the motive for her mother’s actions, she develops a peculiar relationship with this man. (20 minutes)
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🌟 Share Your Thoughts and Recommendations! 🌟
We want to hear from you! Share your favorite short films, personal stories, or recommendations. Your voice matters to us, and we’re here to create an inclusive platform that celebrates diverse narratives.
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☀️ Celebrate Summer with fantasy and sci-fi Films!
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July 2023
☀️ New films at Shortly, directly from Japan
We are delighted to present two captivating Japanese short films, Forbidden Fruit, Water Melon and Am I tooBIG? Giantess haruko that are sure to take you on a mesmerizing journey into the realms of fantasy and science fiction. These thought-provoking stories will leave you spellbound with their unique narratives and unforgettable characters.
Let’s dive right in!
Forbitten Fruit, Walter Melon
A girl keeps a watermelon in a stream to cool before eating. Then a strange guy steals and eats the watermelon.
Am I too BIG? Giantess haruko
Tomowo is going to meet a pretty girl named Haruko found on SNS. Haruko is worried about if she is too big.
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The excitement never stops!
🌟 Share Your Thoughts and Recommendations! 🌟
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🌈 Celebrate Pride Month with LGBTQIA+ Films!
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June 2023
We’ve missed you, and we’re back with a bang!
Shortly’s newsletter is making a grand comeback, and we couldn’t be more excited to share some phenomenal LGBTQIA+ short films in honor of Pride Month.
Get ready for an electrifying cinematic experience that will captivate your senses and touch your heart!
🌈 Celebrate Pride Month with Our Handpicked LGBTQ Short Films! 🎬
The holy path
Young couple Hunter and Olive navigate their relationship with Evelyn, Olive’s disapproving and obsessively religious mother. When a mysterious hole appears in the floor of their new home, things start to heat up…
Mothering Sunday
Mother speaking proudly to a dead jarred head and callously killing a screaming woman. Soon afterwards, Mother is annoyed by the newspaper headlines: “Tits and Clits” killers. When Stasia, her daughter, learns Mother killed her girlfriend, a fight ensues and she strangles Mother to death, when Mother shockingly opens her eyes.
Family history
On the anniversary of his mother’s mysterious death, a young man brings his new boyfriend home to meet his reclusive, conservative father, and secrets rise to the surface.
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Don’t miss out on the magic of Shortly’s newsletter! Get ready to embark on an incredible cinematic journey as we celebrate the power of love, acceptance, and unity during this special Pride Month.
Welcome back to Shortly’s newsletter, where extraordinary stories come to life!
Warm regards,
The Shortly Team
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💥🍾New and Glorious | 2022
💥🍾New and Glorious | 2022
July 2022
Dear film friends and devoted followers of ShortlyFilm. Thank you all sooo much for your great patience with our beta site and for staying around during the challenging development time!
It is with great pleasure and a lot of excitement we can introduce to You the new and glorious, updated site shortly.film!
The old site was too old and worn, so we decided to make a new one!🎬
If you want to be a part of the shortly.film experience, all you have to do is sign in anew onto the new platform. The old platform will silently submerge into the shadows.
As we’re on some kind of new start, we thought it would be appropriate to briefly explain the different aspects of Shortly.
This is Shortly
▶ Shortly.film
The streaming service, exclusively for short films, where filmmakers upload their films and film lovers enjoys them on any device. Curated programs and themes will be more apparent on the new site. With the release of this new platform, we’re once again open for submissions of new films. Drop us a line on hello@shortly.film
▶ Shortly Festival
ShortlyFestival is a user-friendly solution that is quick to deploy, easy to scale and guarantees premium quality streaming whether your focus on audience experience, user friendliness, possibility to monetize etc. Is a service for film festivals around the world to go online. We help you with the technical bits, you decide content, design etc. Drop us a line on festival@shortly.film
▶ Shortly Event
You’re not a festival but want to share something online? No worries, Shortly Event is there for you. We do concerts, panel discussions, live or VoD (Video-on-Demand) and much more. Drop us a line on events@shortly.events
▶ Collaborations
We love to collaborate. Do you have an idea or a project that doesn’t fit the above?
Drop us a line on hello@shortly.film we’re constantly looking for new stuff, collaborations, expansion.
Hope to see you on the other side!
Sincerely
Shortly Team
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