
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Rimi [Nischhal Sharma, India, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ebd19de0de484668a28350b72d2425e9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ebd19de0de484668a28350b72d2425e9~mv2.webp)
SHORT FOCUS 2021: Rimi [Nischhal Sharma, India, 2021]
The sound of birds singing guide us through a symphony of apparent domestic bliss, a calm-looking, clean-cut interior dotted with pots...
Giulia Carbonaro
Jan 8, 2022

![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Deleve [Roma Glova, Russia, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_13c8bdcec6a1432b9d31e15744e47db7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_13c8bdcec6a1432b9d31e15744e47db7~mv2.webp)
SHORT FOCUS 2021: Deleve [Roma Glova, Russia, 2020]
Sat before a bay window, exposed to the glistening lights of Moscow, and listening to the kind of music you would expect to hear at a...
Matthew Procter
Jan 8, 2022

![SHORT FOCUS 2021: So That Nothing Changes [Francescu Artily, France, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d271ce57304346bd886ee490a3217aca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_d271ce57304346bd886ee490a3217aca~mv2.webp)
SHORT FOCUS 2021: So That Nothing Changes [Francescu Artily, France, 2020]
So That Nothing Changes is a story of a homecoming that will be familiar to many – from the first awkward meet-the-family, to the stilted...
Nia Jordan
Sep 26, 2021

![Love, Blood, Pain [Magnum Borini, Brazil, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_3bc1047839b94ed8b0a87ba07a623735~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_3bc1047839b94ed8b0a87ba07a623735~mv2.webp)
Love, Blood, Pain [Magnum Borini, Brazil, 2020]
Love, Blood, Pain is visually arresting, but the film’s construction never allows any real story into its compiled imagery.
Jordon Briggs
Jul 31, 2021

![Absence [Richard Marx, Germany/Ukraine, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_32df7efdd6fe44faae02e59bb56a5b0a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_32df7efdd6fe44faae02e59bb56a5b0a~mv2.webp)
Absence [Richard Marx, Germany/Ukraine, 2020]
Richard Marx’s surrealist tale, Absence, follows Lena, a woman enraptured by the moon and stars, and enraged by the murder of her husband...
Jordon Briggs
Jul 31, 2021

![Cremeschnitte [Yan Jin, United States, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f277f43b33614b60907b0232c278fb62~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_f277f43b33614b60907b0232c278fb62~mv2.webp)
Cremeschnitte [Yan Jin, United States, 2021]
Cremeschnitte is more a video art piece than a conventional movie and, because of that, it has a strong power to expose controversial issues
Antonio Matei
Jul 31, 2021

![Apocalypse Notes [Pierre Gaffié, France, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a7f3af998adb4545afa642ff4ed37fbf~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_a7f3af998adb4545afa642ff4ed37fbf~mv2.webp)
Apocalypse Notes [Pierre Gaffié, France, 2020]
The post-apocalyptic sub-genre in film has been popular among various audiences going back to the earliest days of cinema.
Natalia Brammen
Jul 29, 2021

![Stray [Wanjiru Njendu, USA, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6e56917b72ee48b0994524eede91e96e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_6e56917b72ee48b0994524eede91e96e~mv2.webp)
Stray [Wanjiru Njendu, USA, 2020]
Stray by Wanjiru Njendu traverses between the real and the surreal, confronting the socially problematic issue of the disappearance of black
Paromita Sengupta
Jul 23, 2021

![2020 [Heléna Antonio, Italy/UK, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_51709d50b06640c49bdd321bd630a326~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_51709d50b06640c49bdd321bd630a326~mv2.webp)
2020 [Heléna Antonio, Italy/UK, 2020]
2020 was that year that caught up with itself. Probably not since World War II has the global community been brought so starkly into...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Jul 20, 2021

![Corona State [Cameron Chin, USA, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f0786baa69f04a88ac8eb7d116ef6295~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_f0786baa69f04a88ac8eb7d116ef6295~mv2.webp)
Corona State [Cameron Chin, USA, 2021]
In the Covid era, everything is dark and apocalyptic; bad news and pessimistic predictions about the near future invade media and...
Antonio Matei
Jun 22, 2021