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![Complaint [Peirui Yang, China/Spain, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_684ba9a93de14dbfbee5fc5748066c7b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_684ba9a93de14dbfbee5fc5748066c7b~mv2.jpg)
Freddie Deighton
Jun 20, 2021
Complaint [Peirui Yang, China/Spain, 2021]
Complaint is a very artistic short that seems to have a sort of science fiction story about the evolution of man and the dangers of...
![Dream [Nikolas Kasinos, Cyprus, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0d76e6747dbb46c8b8bfc3cd83b26042~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_0d76e6747dbb46c8b8bfc3cd83b26042~mv2.jpeg)
Freddie Deighton
May 11, 2021
Dream [Nikolas Kasinos, Cyprus, 2021]
Dream is completely carried by the sheer charisma of Chrystalla. She’s not the most bombastic or exaggerated character you’ll ever see in a
![Finale [Anthony Vander, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_cd97cd738a434e149d8df60f4b88b655~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_cd97cd738a434e149d8df60f4b88b655~mv2.jpg)
Fung Ying Cheng
May 11, 2021
Finale [Anthony Vander, UK, 2021]
Whilst the nation was stuck under lockdown, Andrew Vander’s short film, Finale, refused to be.
![Can’t Go Home Again [Anthony J. Cook, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_343db5f1320c4ddd8f65b57024702367~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_343db5f1320c4ddd8f65b57024702367~mv2.jpeg)
Sarthak Kaul
May 1, 2021
Can’t Go Home Again [Anthony J. Cook, UK, 2021]
Can’t Go Home Again is a science fiction short that deals with themes of childhood trauma, tragedies of the past, and personal redemption wi
![Guilty Bunch of Flowers [Wayne Kelly, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_b51ac20483504f94b0f6263423d4656f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_840,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_b51ac20483504f94b0f6263423d4656f~mv2.jpeg)
Sarthak Kaul
May 1, 2021
Guilty Bunch of Flowers [Wayne Kelly, UK, 2019]
Guilty Bunch of Flowers is a razor-tongued comedy that kick-starts its plot with a rose bouquet switching hands between people...
![Bring the Boy Back Home [Gilbert Patten-Elliott, New Zealand, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_63a03159bfe24287819e67f6828fb386~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1224,h_688,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_63a03159bfe24287819e67f6828fb386~mv2.jpeg)
Paromita Sengupta
May 1, 2021
Bring the Boy Back Home [Gilbert Patten-Elliott, New Zealand, 2020]
Bring the Boy Back Home, written and directed by the young Gilbert Patten-Elliott, has its heart in the right place. And that is so...
![Isolation [Grant Anthony Barker, USA, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a65afe97900b406ba16b6582f60f0d28~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_a65afe97900b406ba16b6582f60f0d28~mv2.jpg)
Will Whitehead
Apr 24, 2021
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.
![The Self-Seers [Matthew David Ridley, South Korea, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7bdae6f616a147d2b15046a08c397163~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_7bdae6f616a147d2b15046a08c397163~mv2.jpeg)
Nia Jordan
Apr 24, 2021
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?
![Venus [Andrew McGee, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7ecd457e5d084cfb9730414a23ca7f50~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_7ecd457e5d084cfb9730414a23ca7f50~mv2.jpg)
Wendy Brooking
Apr 18, 2021
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
![Luna [Philippe Berthelet, Canada, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_877dde1c600b4c6890fcc32e48606c1a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_936,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_877dde1c600b4c6890fcc32e48606c1a~mv2.jpg)
Paromita Sengupta
Apr 18, 2021
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...
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![Two Knights [Piotr Szkopiak, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2022: Throw Your Heart Over First [Mark McAuley, Ireland, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png)
![Borrowed Time [Ginevra Gentili, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Cornflakes Are Rubbish [Charlotte Nind/Jacob Bacon, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Original Sin [Paolo Sinigaglia, Italy, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ca789cc5313b4f94bf20f025dc4796ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ca789cc5313b4f94bf20f025dc4796ee~mv2.jpg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Shallow [Paul Ashton, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_951699be78e74888bc681fcd9d6c24cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_951699be78e74888bc681fcd9d6c24cc~mv2.jpg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Bohemia [Samuel Kaperski, France, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d748c63a3c814cb99859c13d18c00d7d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_d748c63a3c814cb99859c13d18c00d7d~mv2.jpg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2022: So What Did We Learn Today, Georgina? [Franco Volpi, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png)
![In the Eyes of a Child [Marco Ferrara, Italy, 2023]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_01e294bd769e4a8aa341551ca7bc7871~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_01e294bd769e4a8aa341551ca7bc7871~mv2.jpeg)
![Two Knights [Piotr Szkopiak, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2022: Throw Your Heart Over First [Mark McAuley, Ireland, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png)
![The Story of a Trout [Gareth Leah, USA, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_044565b04f7b4b6da729f134c619e377~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_156,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_044565b04f7b4b6da729f134c619e377~mv2.jpeg)
![My Name is Moe [Kabir McNeely, USA, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_680ffd6c85f642a6844b8785364c4288~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_232,h_176,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_680ffd6c85f642a6844b8785364c4288~mv2.jpg)
![Borrowed Time [Ginevra Gentili, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Cornflakes Are Rubbish [Charlotte Nind/Jacob Bacon, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg)