A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits". long films were quite rare before the 1920's, Charly Chaplin's silent comedy was a massive hit.
I have watched several short films on the BBC short films website and Vimeo. My favorite was 'The Crusader', which is a mockumentary about a man who claims he is Batman, and he plans to sue the writers of batman for stealing his identity.
There are many problems with short films, because you have to tell a story in a short space of time. Feature films have the luxury of time and can take its time to reveal characters and storyline. Shorts generally only have a few characters and a very simple plot. For example "The Sofa" is about a boy who stabbed his families very expensive and precious sofa, and he goes to all lengths to cover it up with his hand up till christmas, when his parents assume it was his uncle that came over who had a big ring on, and the boy was relieved.
Short films are all over the place. There are festivals of short films, they are extras on dvds, they are all over the internet. Short films are making abit of a come back, with animation and comedy being the most watched.
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