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Sally Roberts
Mar 20, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2018 - BEST SHORT: Pa'lante [Kristian Mercado, Puerto Rico/USA, 2018]
Hurricane Maria hit Dominica, the U. S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in 2017, devastating the landscape and causing over three thousand...
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Charlie Greep
Mar 14, 2019
The Latent Image [Alexander Birrell, UK/Canada, 2018]
An atmospheric short film from British director Alexander Birrell, The Latent Image tells the story of Robert Walsh, a writer who has...
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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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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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Sam Briggs
Mar 5, 2019
Constance (A Symphony of Kisses) [Pierre Gaffié, France, 2017] /// Finding Shakespeare [Margaret McG
Constance (A Symphony of Kisses) offers a charming account of one woman’s strategic pursuit of an end to loneliness. Its central premise...
Charlie Greep
Mar 5, 2019
Back Up My Memories (Selene Citro & Luna Lunardi, Italy, 2018)
Part speculative fiction and part introspective look at memory, Back Up My Memories is an interesting short film from directing duo...
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Vincent Dolan
Mar 4, 2019
Waves Over Sand [Mark Nugent, UK, 2017] /// Echo [Ron Graves, UK, 2018]
Watching someone lose their memory is one of life’s most difficult and profound experiences, especially when the inflicted begins to...
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Jim Rogers
Mar 4, 2019
A Water’s Edge [Nick Sneath, UK, 2018]
A Water’s Edge is an unnerving tale brought to us by writer/producer/director Nick Sneath, set against the backdrop of what is,...
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