
![Isolation [Grant Anthony Barker, USA, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a65afe97900b406ba16b6582f60f0d28~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_a65afe97900b406ba16b6582f60f0d28~mv2.webp)
Isolation [Grant Anthony Barker, USA, 2020]
Isolation is a highly expressionistic look at the surreal boredom of long-term isolation, made during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
Will Whitehead
Apr 24, 2021

![The Self-Seers [Matthew David Ridley, South Korea, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7bdae6f616a147d2b15046a08c397163~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_7bdae6f616a147d2b15046a08c397163~mv2.webp)
The Self-Seers [Matthew David Ridley, South Korea, 2020]
A giant cross glows eerily atop a darkened metropolis, while a lone girl journeys home, floating in a daze – or is it a nightmare?
Nia Jordan
Apr 24, 2021

![Venus [Andrew McGee, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7ecd457e5d084cfb9730414a23ca7f50~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_7ecd457e5d084cfb9730414a23ca7f50~mv2.webp)
Venus [Andrew McGee, UK, 2021]
Saturated with stylistic similarities to science fiction cinema new and old – from Blade Runner [Ridley Scott, USA, 1982] to Ghost in the Sh
Wendy Brooking
Apr 18, 2021

![Luna [Philippe Berthelet, Canada, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_877dde1c600b4c6890fcc32e48606c1a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_234,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_877dde1c600b4c6890fcc32e48606c1a~mv2.webp)
Luna [Philippe Berthelet, Canada, 2021]
Experimental cinema is as old as cinema itself and, indeed, cinema began as an experiment. It is the generally expected of the genre that...
Paromita Sengupta
Apr 18, 2021

![Poolside [Alex Kinter & Erik Schuessler, USA, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_bde88747e4114d1e88a5dc4e7c898b9e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_bde88747e4114d1e88a5dc4e7c898b9e~mv2.webp)
Poolside [Alex Kinter & Erik Schuessler, USA, 2020]
‘How long do you have to be alone before you go crazy?’ Set in the 1950s America, Poolside is a suspense thriller with questions that run...
Paromita Sengupta
Apr 11, 2021

![Covid Tales: House Party [Mike Spence, United Kingdom, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_fa7ff9aba5374ba083264d16ac5f41f9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_fa7ff9aba5374ba083264d16ac5f41f9~mv2.webp)
Covid Tales: House Party [Mike Spence, United Kingdom, 2021]
In the age or ageing of COVID-19, former barriers—between work and play, community and solidarity, movement and stasis—have melted away.
Marcus Hansen
Apr 11, 2021

![Manasanamaha [Deepak Reddy, India, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7854aebe78cd41239e915e1d5fafcaa6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_7854aebe78cd41239e915e1d5fafcaa6~mv2.webp)
Manasanamaha [Deepak Reddy, India, 2020]
The film follows Surya (Viraj Ashwin) who recounts three relationships from his past...
Fung Ying Cheng
Apr 5, 2021

![Rio [Zhenia Kazankina, Russia/Finland, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_782b80efee934985a974f15e57a7e9aa~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_237,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_782b80efee934985a974f15e57a7e9aa~mv2.webp)
Rio [Zhenia Kazankina, Russia/Finland, 2019]
From Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho [USA, 1960] to The Florida Project [Sean Baker, USA, 2017], motels have long dominated American cinema....
Sally Roberts
Apr 4, 2021

![Reclaiming the Negative [Mike Beech, UK/South Korea, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_4e6ea8ee1686456987ce9f3b42e725bf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_4e6ea8ee1686456987ce9f3b42e725bf~mv2.webp)
Reclaiming the Negative [Mike Beech, UK/South Korea, 2020]
Since the Korean war ended in 1953, approximately 31,000 North Koreans have defected, taking the perilous journey across the southern...
Sam Briggs
Apr 4, 2021

![Bulldog [Kieran Stringfellow, UK, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6b250dcf97ae4acfa90e3f2d4d7befb8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_241,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_6b250dcf97ae4acfa90e3f2d4d7befb8~mv2.webp)
Bulldog [Kieran Stringfellow, UK, 2020]
What comes to mind when you think of bulldogs? Faded tattoos stretched across grizzled biceps, multiple-ringed hands wrapped around...
Sally Roberts
Apr 4, 2021