A special contemporary short film programme on December 21st, the shortest day of the year, at the Italian Cultural Institute in Beirut organised by the National Short Film Centre - which aims to be a gallery on Italian production, dedicated to Italy and further. Since 2010, the shortest day of the year, December 21st, has been consecrated as the international day of short film.  In more than fifty countries the anniversary is celebrated by programming short films in theatres, on television, or in specific events. The success of the initiative makes Short Film Day an ideal showcase for short works that, during the year, hardly come out of the festival circuit.  The films in the programme are: Magic Alps, Andrea Brusa & Marco Scotuzzi - fiction - 2018 - 15 '; Il Tratto, Alessandro Stevanon - fiction - 2017 - 15 '; MalaMenti, Francesco Di Leva - animation - 2017 - 13 '; Lobster Dinner, Gregorio Franchetti - fiction - 2017 - 14 '; Framed, Marco Jemolo - animation - 2017 - 7 '; A friend in me, Gianluca Manzetti - fiction - 2017 - 10 '; • Mon amour mon ami, Adriano Valerio - documentary - 2017 - 16 '.