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![Yours Are Mine [Brooke Trantor, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7bf51e8750fd461d9be1cad7defe21c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_765,h_780,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_7bf51e8750fd461d9be1cad7defe21c2~mv2.jpg)
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
![Empyreal [Lucas Coyte, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_9a7b141ad56c46c8b413f938ccd962a0~mv2_d_2880_1224_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_9a7b141ad56c46c8b413f938ccd962a0~mv2_d_2880_1224_s_2.jpg)
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
![Darkus Buckerbergius [Schikhur, India, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_efe7dfd147ee404ab2d3ef50a2353b04~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_efe7dfd147ee404ab2d3ef50a2353b04~mv2.jpg)
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
![The Painting in the Lobby [Mycle Scheuer, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0027aa7a2f65444b9dbdd8203bbab5ad~mv2_d_2880_1614_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_0027aa7a2f65444b9dbdd8203bbab5ad~mv2_d_2880_1614_s_2.jpg)
Thom Carter
Oct 27, 2019
The Painting in the Lobby [Mycle Scheuer, UK, 2018]
The great French critic André Bazin, commenting on the 1951 film Where No Vultures Fly [Henry Watt, UK], observed of one of its sequences, d
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Sam Briggs
Oct 27, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2019: Real Shame [Gwen O'Toole, UK, 2019]
A-Level results day: a testing time in the life of any young academic, even more so for Real Shame’s Benjy who will, on this day, admit to h
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Sam Briggs
Oct 27, 2019
The Turner Exhibit [Mathew Gregory Bainbridge, USA, 2019]
Any family can seem perfect from the outside, though, despite the illusion, this is very rarely the case. The Turner Exhibit explores inter-
![SHORT FOCUS 2019: Cry [Guy Wilson, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_dac61bba7cb14535aa62cf93fc666f2a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_dac61bba7cb14535aa62cf93fc666f2a~mv2.jpg)
Sam Briggs
Oct 27, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2019: Cry [Guy Wilson, UK, 2018]
Some really strong filmmaking nuances are exhibited midway through proceedings, when Andrew comes horrifyingly close to abducting another ma
![The Underground Empire [Manuel del Negro, Italy, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_344350bd4bf2403c98798f6a4fc2c490~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_344350bd4bf2403c98798f6a4fc2c490~mv2.jpg)
Charlie Greep
Oct 24, 2019
The Underground Empire [Manuel del Negro, Italy, 2019]
Thematically, The Underground Empire explores human progress and how humans and the natural world are both entwined with each other and yet
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Thom Carter
Oct 15, 2019
Screen Test: Part One [Emma Sywyj, UK, 2016]
In the enterprise of creating popular cinema a surfeit of filmed and written material is produced and discarded. One feels that the gleaning
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Thom Carter
Oct 15, 2019
Sure! A Myth of Three Creations [Pacco Fanti, Brazil, 2018]
A gnomic animation proceeds in which worm-like lifeforms interact with a higher entity. A piece of paper handed down from on high is passed
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![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)