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Sam Briggs
Nov 4, 2019
Conversation with a Cigarette [Russell Brown, USA, 2014]
At its heart, Conversation with a Cigarette gives its audience one very important thing, an absolutely masterful performance by British stal
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Sally Roberts
Nov 4, 2019
Dust in the Abyss [Hongnian Yu, China, 2019]
This film has a strong start, with a well-shot scene of the helpless protagonists confronting the useless doctor. Although perhaps a bit on
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Sally Roberts
Nov 3, 2019
A Scribbled Memory [Bhulla Beghal, UK, 2018]
A Scribbled Memory achieves what many short films attempt to do: it says an awful lot with awfully little. Using only black and white an aut
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Sally Roberts
Nov 3, 2019
Landscapes of the Heart [Andrew Finch, UK, 2019]
This short is essentially a love letter to Brighton, the directors’ hometown. Although some could argue that this narrows the film’s appeal
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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