
![Dani [Corey Allen, USA, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_e2b10150dcb34054a41e83119748bbcc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_e2b10150dcb34054a41e83119748bbcc~mv2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Oct 29, 2019
Dani [Corey Allen, USA, 2019]
The plot focuses on Dani, who, after receiving a hassling call from her boss, notices a malignant presence in her garden. At first, it seems

![Queen of the Night [Georgia Hunter, Canada, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_11ef7ae7cc2946ebaeaa90cc0533800b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_11ef7ae7cc2946ebaeaa90cc0533800b~mv2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Oct 28, 2019
Queen of the Night [Georgia Hunter, Canada, 2018]
The topic of a drag queen trying to reconcile his relationship with his father is a highly relevant one, and well worthy of scrutiny. Howeve

![AF_SO_MONT_NB [Barbara Peikert, France, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a47ba0c42aee4f289ac5d361ae0239d0~mv2_d_2876_1592_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_a47ba0c42aee4f289ac5d361ae0239d0~mv2_d_2876_1592_s_2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Oct 28, 2019
AF_SO_MONT_NB [Barbara Peikert, France, 2018]
Rather than a series of different shots, this film is comprised predominantly of the one single scene that glides across the screen, oscilla

![SHORT FOCUS 2019: José [João Monteiro, Portugal, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_073be645baeb41d6b588e9429c4ad412~mv2_d_2880_1476_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_073be645baeb41d6b588e9429c4ad412~mv2_d_2880_1476_s_2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Oct 28, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2019: José [João Monteiro, Portugal, 2019]
Although much of the story remains shrouded in words unspoken, there is a sense of drowning at the end of the short. The necklace lies half

![Yours Are Mine [Brooke Trantor, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7bf51e8750fd461d9be1cad7defe21c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_321,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_7bf51e8750fd461d9be1cad7defe21c2~mv2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Oct 27, 2019
Yours Are Mine [Brooke Trantor, USA, 2018]
One thing that stands out in this short is its portrayal of healthy, supportive relationships between women. Although things are now slowly

![Empyreal [Lucas Coyte, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_9a7b141ad56c46c8b413f938ccd962a0~mv2_d_2880_1224_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_9a7b141ad56c46c8b413f938ccd962a0~mv2_d_2880_1224_s_2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Oct 27, 2019
Empyreal [Lucas Coyte, UK, 2018]
Somewhat fittingly, the film’s main strength is its use of space - in both senses of the word. By setting one small object within a screenfu

![Darkus Buckerbergius [Schikhur, India, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_efe7dfd147ee404ab2d3ef50a2353b04~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_efe7dfd147ee404ab2d3ef50a2353b04~mv2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Oct 27, 2019
Darkus Buckerbergius [Schikhur, India, 2019]
The link made between more advanced methods of communication and greater social equality strikes a chord with recent controversies surroundi

![The Painting in the Lobby [Mycle Scheuer, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0027aa7a2f65444b9dbdd8203bbab5ad~mv2_d_2880_1614_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_0027aa7a2f65444b9dbdd8203bbab5ad~mv2_d_2880_1614_s_2.webp)
Thom Carter
Oct 27, 2019
The Painting in the Lobby [Mycle Scheuer, UK, 2018]
The great French critic André Bazin, commenting on the 1951 film Where No Vultures Fly [Henry Watt, UK], observed of one of its sequences, d

![SHORT FOCUS 2019: Real Shame [Gwen O'Toole, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_99320b44c7ad46d39f365cbbc67d1b36~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_99320b44c7ad46d39f365cbbc67d1b36~mv2.webp)
Sam Briggs
Oct 27, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2019: Real Shame [Gwen O'Toole, UK, 2019]
A-Level results day: a testing time in the life of any young academic, even more so for Real Shame’s Benjy who will, on this day, admit to h

![The Turner Exhibit [Mathew Gregory Bainbridge, USA, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_488e9110552e4683971da331d9a8c94b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_488e9110552e4683971da331d9a8c94b~mv2.webp)
Sam Briggs
Oct 27, 2019
The Turner Exhibit [Mathew Gregory Bainbridge, USA, 2019]
Any family can seem perfect from the outside, though, despite the illusion, this is very rarely the case. The Turner Exhibit explores inter-