A short film (ou court-métrage) ) is a film with a duration of less than one hour. In the short film, we find the same categories as in the feature film: documentary film, fiction, animated film, experimental film, political film, etc. It should be noted, however, that the overwhelming majority of independent animated films, such as those seen at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and experimental films are short films, both for questions budget and aesthetic concerns.

Île Courts Short Film Festival

Since its creation, Île Courts – International Short Film Festival of Mauritius acts as a tool-kit for the development of cinema in Mauritius.

Île Courts is meant to be a showcase for a different cinema in Mauritius, and regularly screens movies from all over the world, taking us on a surprising journey into the heart of contemporary cinema.

Always active in its endeavour, Île Courts also hosts training workshops, debates, roundtables and professional meetings. It is therefore a place for all the people involved in the production of short movies in the Indian Ocean to meet.

Île Courts is a real factory too. The workshops, ran by professionals, offer opportunities for the participants to successfully lead a film project. Since 2009, 28 short movies (fiction and documentaries), published in 5 collections, have thus been produced through the festival.

The 10th Edition of the festival is scheduled on 10 to 15 of October 2017.

A development tool kit for cinema

The missions of Île Courts are :

to help enable the creation of locally directed films,
to develop an audience for a different cinema in Mauritius,
to enable Indian Ocean film professionals to meet.