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short film

any film not long enough to be considered a feature film
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short film
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Summary

short film is a film format[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of film format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,314 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: type of cinematic work[3]
  • Subclass of: film[4]
  • Commons category: Short films[5]
  • Opposite of: feature film[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Short films[7]
  • Has characteristic: duration[8]
  • Duration: 45 minutes[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]
  • Less than: feature film[11], medium-length film[12]

Why It Matters

short film has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → short-films
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: short-films, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289959339|short films (#289959339)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0279162-kratke-filmy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0279162-kratke-filmy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → film format, type of cinematic work
    Opposite of → feature film
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+45'}
    Aliases → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 15697, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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