
![SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_848f6741f6e94bdf919c83def5f2b208~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_848f6741f6e94bdf919c83def5f2b208~mv2.webp)
SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]
August Sun achieves what many short filmmakers try and fail to do: high emotional impact.
Sally Roberts
Mar 7, 2021

![Starlings [Simon Allen, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_280ad9c67c8f470892d343c6bb9fe873~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_280ad9c67c8f470892d343c6bb9fe873~mv2.webp)
Starlings [Simon Allen, UK, 2021]
Since the creation of cinema, filmmakers, critics, and even audiences have often favoured the visual aspect of filmmaking.
Natalia Brammen
Mar 6, 2021

![Merrow [Baz Black, Republic of Ireland, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_5351463e3a8c483aab142799ad1533d3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_5351463e3a8c483aab142799ad1533d3~mv2.webp)
Merrow [Baz Black, Republic of Ireland, 2020]
Merrow by Baz Black is a short film – just over six and a half minutes in length – which shows the audience the beauty of Ireland.
Natasha Lake
Mar 6, 2021

![Oh, Brother [Pierce Csurgo, Canada, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_419a9fb6900745f5958181ca87a846b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_419a9fb6900745f5958181ca87a846b1~mv2.webp)
Oh, Brother [Pierce Csurgo, Canada, 2020]
Directed by Pierce Csurgo, Oh, Brother explores young male mental health and toxic masculinity, and how the two intertwine through...
Kiran McCann
Mar 6, 2021

![FLTV Faves: Seabreeze [Shawn Vasquez & Fatty Soprano, Canada, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7678d6eb716e42ab91a4e7db01ba024b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_7678d6eb716e42ab91a4e7db01ba024b~mv2.webp)
FLTV Faves: Seabreeze [Shawn Vasquez & Fatty Soprano, Canada, 2021]
Seabreeze is a poignant and heartbreaking glimpse into the immediate aftermath of tragedy. The film, depicting the breakdown of a...
Will Whitehead
Mar 6, 2021

![Suddenly Single in the Suburbs [Eric Francis Melaragni, USA, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_c7caa491c60a4cc2a53ab3965ce54f90~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_c7caa491c60a4cc2a53ab3965ce54f90~mv2.webp)
Suddenly Single in the Suburbs [Eric Francis Melaragni, USA, 2020]
Dating is hard enough, but what happens after you step back in after leaving it behind for near enough twenty years – after marriage...
Fung Ying Cheng
Mar 6, 2021

![Rattle [Joe Pettit, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_c1102c9dd29c45bbbb0b52c03833581c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_c1102c9dd29c45bbbb0b52c03833581c~mv2.webp)
Rattle [Joe Pettit, UK, 2019]
In Joe Pettit's unsettling Rattle, the familiar landscape of a suburban summer plays host to an exploration of the psychosexual anxieties...
Mia Parnall
Mar 5, 2021

![The Sermon [Dean Puckett, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_1318046fee484e12bb066b02560164f5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_194,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_1318046fee484e12bb066b02560164f5~mv2.webp)
The Sermon [Dean Puckett, UK, 2018]
In what is a disorientating, not-quite-recognisable late twentieth-century England, the parishioners of Dean Puckett’s The Sermon perform...
Thom Carter
Jan 5, 2021

![Soyka [Anastasiya Sergienya, USA, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f524858214554a288a4c66a2bd94b355~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_f524858214554a288a4c66a2bd94b355~mv2.webp)
Soyka [Anastasiya Sergienya, USA, 2020]
Anna is a bird that has flown the nest. A Belarusian immigrant finding her way in the bustling metropolis of New York City...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Jan 5, 2021

![Fading [Anthony Vander, UK, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_b0bc9c37db3645b99a4ea5a7ebc80ad4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_b0bc9c37db3645b99a4ea5a7ebc80ad4~mv2.webp)
Fading [Anthony Vander, UK, 2020]
It’s big trouble in little Poplar as Steph, a teenage girl, finds herself sharply spurned by the friends and residents of her local...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Dec 1, 2020