Michael K. Adler
Oct 1, 2018
Westbrook [Alexander Kaluzhsky, USA, 2017]
Westbrook is a semi-autobiographical and experimental short film that quietly explores the fractured elements of the filmmaker’s own...
Alison Girault
Sep 28, 2018
The Jezabels – “The Others” [Matt Connelly, Australia, 2017]
The Others is a music video from Australian indie-rock band The Jezabels and directed by Matt Connelly. It begins with a low tracking...
Michael K. Adler
Sep 22, 2018
SHORT FOCUS 2018: Bryce and Liam Go to Space! [Bryce Padovan, Australia, 2018]
Two friends gaze up towards the stars and ponder the possibilities of space travel. For birthday boy Bryce, it is more than just an idea,...
Walt Eastfield
Sep 21, 2018
Podge [Rebecca Singleton, Ireland, 2017]
This tale of a lonely mortician goes to dark and disturbing ends to explore the link between morality and desire. Podge, the eponymous...
Patricia Watney
Sep 20, 2018
A Tale of War [Hossein Jehani, Iraq, 2018]
Hossein Jehani’s A Tale of War is a harrowing 20-minute documentary from Iraq, which shines an expository light on the lives of refugees...
Alison Girault
Sep 20, 2018
SHORT FOCUS 2018: Tracing Coyotes – A Dog Crosses My Way [Theresa Grysczok/Eeva Ojanperä, GER, 2016]
Tracing Coyotes – A Dog Crosses My Way is a mesmerising display of ingenuity. An exercise in stop-motion photography, imagist poetry and...
Alison Girault
Jun 26, 2018
The Island [Martin Van Hassel, Spain, 2018]
Four strangers – a young woman draped in a silk gown, a nanny, a musician and an old man – meet at a pedestrian crossing where they...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Apr 24, 2018
Fractured Horizon [Lucas Coyte, UK, 2018]
Lucas Coyte’s Fractured Horizon is quite the spectacle to behold. Light on narrative and entirely free of dialogue, the film is...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Mar 28, 2018
Exodus [Kiran Dhoot, UK, 2018]
Humanity and trust are both called into question as desperation for survival erupts into paranoia and violence in this post-apocalyptic...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Mar 1, 2018
Tangles and Knots [Renée Marie Petropoulos, Australia, 2017]
Australian short Tangles and Knots, written and directed by Renée Marie Petropoulos and produced by Janet Brown and Yingna Lu, is a...