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Sally Roberts
Mar 21, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2018: Takako vs. Nine Lives [Laura Wolkstein, USA, 2018]
When you hear the word “nutcracker” what do you think of? An enchanting ballet traditionally performed at Christmas or an excruciating,...
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Grace Higgins
Mar 20, 2019
Disruption [Anagha Komalankutty, India/UAE, 2018] /// Bubly: Cheers to Cheer [Rick Peters, USA, 2018
Director Anagha Komalankutty attempts to embody the destruction of creativity that is caused by disruption within her one-minute silent...
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Sally Roberts
Mar 19, 2019
A White Paper Ship [Keisuke Sagiyama, Japan, 2014]
At first glance, the serene scenes of mountain lakes and the soothing sounds of rushing water in Keisuke Sagiyama’s A White Paper Ship...
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Vincent Dolan
Mar 17, 2019
For Pepper [Rebecca Singleton, Ireland, 2018] /// Purgatorium [Kamil Iwanowicz, UK, 2018]
Explaining the concept of death to a child can be incredibly challenging, since we can never know how that child will react. They might...
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Gabriella Florence Kumah
Mar 17, 2019
Lovesick [Andrew Hamblin, UK, 2018]
We have all experienced heartbreak at some point in our lives, whether it is the loss of a loved one, the ending of a friendship or the...
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Grace Higgins
Mar 13, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2018: Close Enough [Mahdi Hosseingholi & Mojtaba Zarghampour, Iran, 2018] /// Wear Y
Confusion, fear, curiosity. These are some of the emotions directors Mahdi Hosseingholi and Mojtaba Zarghampour channel through their...
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Sally Roberts
Mar 9, 2019
Memories of Ladywell Baths [David Stock, UK, 2018] /// The Cost of Living [Pamela Falkenberg & J
The film follows the chronological journey of Ladywell from a Victorian bathhouse to a modern day play centre.
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Sam Briggs
Mar 9, 2019
Disintegrants [John Harlan Norris, USA, 2017 /// Going to the Mattresses [Mary Beth Reed, USA, 2018]
As myriad abstract shapes and floating objects move at a reassuring pace across the screen, the mind instantly throws up memories of...
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Jim Rogers
Mar 7, 2019
Rachel [Indigo Bates, USA, 2018]
Rachel is a film with a clever narrative structure, an example of brave and incisive narrative filmmaking and a piece that that showcases a
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Olivia Starr
Mar 6, 2019
The Inuring [James Hughes, UK, 2016]
The powerful start of The Inuring presents itself as a tense drama. We are introduced to two young women who we come to realise, as the dram
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