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![Fargate [Sally Cancello, UK, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_c68b26a2a8f64827ac1aeac309cf1e09~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_c68b26a2a8f64827ac1aeac309cf1e09~mv2.jpg)
Hope Smith
Mar 11, 2021
Fargate [Sally Cancello, UK, 2020]
In light of International Women’s Day, it is time that we paid more attention to our female directors, creators, actresses...
![SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_db259e637d644381934864f62b9324e8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_db259e637d644381934864f62b9324e8~mv2.jpg)
Thom Carter
Mar 9, 2021
SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]
In chapter five of Franz Kafka’s The Trial, Joseph K. is passing along a corridor in his office when he happens upon a storage closet...
![Work From Home [Gautam Chaturvedi, India, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ad15ab748f8a451a8db95008f6c596a6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ad15ab748f8a451a8db95008f6c596a6~mv2.jpg)
Melody Chan
Mar 8, 2021
Work From Home [Gautam Chaturvedi, India, 2020]
At the time of writing, millions will be working from home as the coronavirus continues to spread like poison ivy.
![SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_848f6741f6e94bdf919c83def5f2b208~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_848f6741f6e94bdf919c83def5f2b208~mv2.jpg)
Sally Roberts
Mar 7, 2021
SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]
August Sun achieves what many short filmmakers try and fail to do: high emotional impact.
![Starlings [Simon Allen, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_280ad9c67c8f470892d343c6bb9fe873~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_280ad9c67c8f470892d343c6bb9fe873~mv2.jpg)
Natalia Brammen
Mar 6, 2021
Starlings [Simon Allen, UK, 2021]
Since the creation of cinema, filmmakers, critics, and even audiences have often favoured the visual aspect of filmmaking.
![Merrow [Baz Black, Republic of Ireland, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_5351463e3a8c483aab142799ad1533d3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_988,h_555,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_5351463e3a8c483aab142799ad1533d3~mv2.jpg)
Natasha Lake
Mar 6, 2021
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.
![Oh, Brother [Pierce Csurgo, Canada, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_419a9fb6900745f5958181ca87a846b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_419a9fb6900745f5958181ca87a846b1~mv2.jpg)
Kiran McCann
Mar 6, 2021
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...
![Suddenly Single in the Suburbs [Eric Francis Melaragni, USA, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_c7caa491c60a4cc2a53ab3965ce54f90~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_c7caa491c60a4cc2a53ab3965ce54f90~mv2.jpg)
Fung Ying Cheng
Mar 6, 2021
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...
![Rattle [Joe Pettit, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_c1102c9dd29c45bbbb0b52c03833581c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_c1102c9dd29c45bbbb0b52c03833581c~mv2.jpg)
Mia Parnall
Mar 5, 2021
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...
![The Sermon [Dean Puckett, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_1318046fee484e12bb066b02560164f5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_776,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_1318046fee484e12bb066b02560164f5~mv2.jpeg)
Thom Carter
Jan 5, 2021
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...
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![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)