Inspired by BuzzFeed’s rampage to display history’s most beautiful cinematography shots, we decided to take a look back at the short film repertoire – and were simply blown away by beauty. Here’s a list of 80+ (in no particular order) breathtaking shots.
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“032” – The Canadian Affair (2010) – Thibaut Duverneix
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The Risk Not Taken (2011) – Alex Glawion
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Next Floor (2008) – Denis Villeneuve
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Coste Contemplation (2015) – Thibaut Grevet
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Foxes (2012) – Lorcan Finnegan
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Sundays (2015) – Mischa Rozema
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Ambition (2015) – Tomek Bagiński
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Ishtar x Tussilago (2015) – Maceo Frost
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Manhunt (2014) – Phua Cardin
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Chase Me Through (2013) – Blake Salzman
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High Rider (2015) – Bradley Tangonan
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Holder’s Comma (2014) – Thibaut Duverneix
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Voice Over (2012) – Martin Rosete
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Shave It (2014) – Fernando Maldonado
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Studies on Hysteria (2013) – Bernd Faaß, Gabriel Borgetto, Matthias Bäuerle
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Zerogon (2014) – John Mattiuzzi, Joshua Planz
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Auroras (2014) – Niles Heckman
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Home Sweet Home (2013) – Alejandro DiAZ, Pierre Clenet, Romain Mazevet, Stephane Paccolat
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Method Actor (2011) – Justin Stokes
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This Is Normal (2014) – Justin Giddings & Ryan Welsh
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Tríd An Stoirm (Through The Storm) (2012) – Fred Burdy
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Prospect (2013) – Zeek Earl & Chris Caldwell
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Anomaly (2014) – Dan Difelice & Salomon Lighthelm
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Coward (2012) – David Rodham
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The Landing (2013) – Josh Tanner
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Foureyes (2013) – Conor Byrne
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Johnny Express (2014) – Kyungmin Woo
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Llapse (2014) – Julien Vanhoenacker
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Strangers (2014) – Erik Lehmann
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River (2013) – Kheaven Lewandowski
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The Killing Joke (2011) – Sebastian Lopez
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Tumbleweed! (2012) – Jared Varava
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Unbinilium (2013) – Christian Scheck & Jonathan Albert
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Green Eyed (2012) – Nathaniel Lindsay
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Sundays (2015) – Misha Rozema
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I Killer (2012) – Francesco Calabrese
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Taking The Plunge (2015) – Elizabeth Ku, Marie Raoul, Nicholas Manfredi & Thaddeus Andreades
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Call Back (2013) – Carlos f. Puertolas & Rani Naaman
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Children of Cambodia (2015) – Christophe Hamon
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In The Pines (2012) – Chris Caldwell & Zeek Earl
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Mutt (2013) – Nicholas Payne Santos
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Ark (2007) – Grzegorz Jonkajtys
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Epoch (2013) – John Robson
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Looms (2014) – Funk Brothers
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Surveyor (2012) – Scott Blake
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43,000 Feet (2013) – Campbell Hooper
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A Standard Story (2011) – Beth Reisgraf
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Box Girl (2014) – Rocky Curby
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The Old Samurai (2013) – Benjamin Wong
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On Loop (2014) – Christine Hooper
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Elegy (2015) – Nicholas Livano
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Holder’s Comma (2014) – Thibaut Duverneix
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Just Like You (2014) – Payne Lindsey
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Mannequin (2015) – Mehdi Nowroozi
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Wij Jagen (We Hunt) (2013) – Salih Kilic, Ted Alke & Vera Holland
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Where Do Lilacs Come From (2014) – Matthew Thorne
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Coste Contemplation (2015) – Thibaut Grevet
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Nepal Times (2015) – James Baker
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The Earth The Way I Left It (2013) – Jeff Pinilla
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Vacuity (2013) – Michael Matzur
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Engrenage (2014) – Etienne Gaulupeau, Fabien Rosier, Léonard Mercier & Swann Chesney
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Voice Over (2012) – Martin Rosete
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Zerogon (2014) – John Mattiuzzi & Joshua Planz
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Fall (2015) – Michael Reisinger
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No Plan B: From Cancer to Corsica (2014) – Christian Woodmansey & Daniel Wieckmann
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Refuge (2015) – Thibaut Durverneix
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Children of Cambodia (2015) – Christophe Hamon
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Primavera (2014) – Suki
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Golem (2014) – Woodruff Laputka
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Ishtar x Tussilago (2015) – Maceo Frost
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Light Motif (2014) – Frédéric Bonpapa
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The Hunt (2013) – Oscar Hudson & Spike Morris
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The Tree (2013) – David Freyne
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Waiting For Postcards (2014) – Danny McShane
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Still Falls The Rain (2012) – Miguel Santana
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We Were Awesome (2014) – Jesse Coane
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Home Sweet Home (2013) – Alejandro DiAZ, Pierre Clenet, Romain Mazevet & Stephane Paccolat
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Salience (2013) – Paul Trillo
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The Killing Joke (2011) – Sebastian Lopez
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Taking The Plunge (2015) – Elizabeth Ku, Marie Raoul, Nicholas Manfredi & Thaddeus Andreades
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Tokyo – The Ramona Flowers (2014) – Bouha Kazmi
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Thirst (2015) – Misha Kozlov