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Sally Roberts
Oct 28, 2019
AF_SO_MONT_NB [Barbara Peikert, France, 2018]
Rather than a series of different shots, this film is comprised predominantly of the one single scene that glides across the screen, oscilla
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Sally Roberts
Oct 28, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2019: José [João Monteiro, Portugal, 2019]
Although much of the story remains shrouded in words unspoken, there is a sense of drowning at the end of the short. The necklace lies half
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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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Charlie Greep
Oct 2, 2019
The Wait of Stones [Dave Huber, USA, 2019]
The film is almost completely silence throughout the majority of its run time, with only the ambient sounds of nature such as babbling brook
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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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![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)
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