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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...
![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.
![Reckless Love [Josh Wichaison, Australia, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0f97af31371043139e79ccb7fa3a2258~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_0f97af31371043139e79ccb7fa3a2258~mv2.jpg)
Sam Briggs
Feb 5, 2020
Reckless Love [Josh Wichaison, Australia, 2018]
One positive is the effective use of colouring and lighting transitions to communicate not only shifts in the passage of time, but also in t
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Sam Briggs
Jan 7, 2020
Subverse (Ep. 1+2) [Joseph White, USA, 2018]
Subverse is the brainchild of sci-fi director, Joseph White, a web series that follows lead character, ‘Max’ on his journey into the sordid
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Sam Briggs
Jan 7, 2020
Sheriff [James L. Adams, UK, 2019]
The first is the short’s well-chosen selection of music, which helps remind the viewer of its Western traditions and assists in grounding th
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Sam Briggs
Jan 3, 2020
SHORT FOCUS 2019: Teddy Mate [Rommel Villa, USA, 2018]
Teddy Mate delivers a ‘disneyfied’ version of what, regrettably, is still too often viewed as an ‘alternative message’, forced for too long
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Sally Roberts
Dec 2, 2019
Pupil [Meysam Muyini, Iran, 2018]
Pupil tells the confusing story of a man living out a sci-fi nightmare. Confined in a clinically barren room, he is haunted by flashes of th
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Sally Roberts
Dec 2, 2019
Faces Without Visage [Hesam Rahmani, Iran, 2019]
The beginning of the film evokes pertinent questions about the strange impersonality of photos. While the family snaps are, in a way, deeply
![I’m Not an Actress [Ali Jalali, Iran, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_61fb646222fc4e9d873d359f8488e6c4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_61fb646222fc4e9d873d359f8488e6c4~mv2.jpg)
Sally Roberts
Nov 18, 2019
I’m Not an Actress [Ali Jalali, Iran, 2019]
Initially, it is a bit difficult to know where the plot is taking us. Yes, the scenes of drug taking and exploitation are heart rending, but
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Sally Roberts
Nov 13, 2019
Abaddon [Meriem Rebai, Germany, 2019]
'Abaddon' is a Hebrew word referring to both a place of destruction and an angel of the abyss. The opening of Abaddon in the clean,
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![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)
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