
![SHORT FOCUS 2019: Two Down [Rolfin Nyhus, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_52007f7a09a641d887b7f5b4c30188ca~mv2_d_2880_1510_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_52007f7a09a641d887b7f5b4c30188ca~mv2_d_2880_1510_s_2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Oct 2, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2019: Two Down [Rolfin Nyhus, UK, 2019]
All hail the greasy spoon! This is the message of Rolfin Nyhus’s charming six-minute short, Two Down. Set in a classic London café, three me

![SHORT FOCUS 2019: Rath [Kevin Hu, USA, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_33345adb1ed044bd89d6378b92af3d61~mv2_d_2880_1208_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_33345adb1ed044bd89d6378b92af3d61~mv2_d_2880_1208_s_2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Oct 2, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2019: Rath [Kevin Hu, USA, 2019]
The film opens with outlaw Howard on the run from the authorities. He stashes his sack of loot and makes a run for it through the endless du

![Paracosm [Bahadir Karasu, Turkey, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a9e8f927d4074d838dbf9ed4e569d564~mv2_d_2880_1213_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_a9e8f927d4074d838dbf9ed4e569d564~mv2_d_2880_1213_s_2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Oct 2, 2019
Paracosm [Bahadir Karasu, Turkey, 2018]
Bahadir Karasu’s Paracosm joins this budding genre with its exploration of dreams, drugs and fate. The story opens with Mesut, who, unhappil

![Beyond the Pointy Hat [Shannon Meilak, Australia, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_70b4ccd2e14742f2bc4805535bad1397~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_70b4ccd2e14742f2bc4805535bad1397~mv2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Sep 23, 2019
Beyond the Pointy Hat [Shannon Meilak, Australia, 2018]
During the filmed ceremony, we learn what a broomstick is actually used for, what the rituals try to achieve and how the newcomers felt abou

![Turning Tide [Andrew Muir, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_97fac798657948b38b2915901898c193~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_97fac798657948b38b2915901898c193~mv2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Sep 21, 2019
Turning Tide [Andrew Muir, UK, 2018]
The chemistry between David and the Nazi soldier is brilliant. So much is said through wordless communication, and is all the better for its

![Tommy [Mike Stevens, Canada, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_9a628b2a13564e64aafe5268b2585816~mv2_d_2880_1509_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_9a628b2a13564e64aafe5268b2585816~mv2_d_2880_1509_s_2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Sep 20, 2019
Tommy [Mike Stevens, Canada, 2018]
Lance Birley also gives a solid performance as callous father Frank Dupree, whose beefy malice is reminiscent of John Goodman’s quietly terr

![You or Me [Yana Zinov, USA, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_97120d55a21147c69135613fb21a8dc9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_97120d55a21147c69135613fb21a8dc9~mv2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Sep 20, 2019
You or Me [Yana Zinov, USA, 2019]
The short opens with an image of BDSM magazines strewn across a coffee table, yet while the theme of masochism runs throughout the film, it

![Piercing Stillness [Arepo, Italy, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7df77108a064433293b4f7bdc27f7899~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_236,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_7df77108a064433293b4f7bdc27f7899~mv2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Sep 20, 2019
Piercing Stillness [Arepo, Italy, 2019]
Although, in his director’s statement Arepo writes that his motives are to celebrate stillness in a world so caught up with movement, this s

![Iyakkunar [Harish Gokul, India, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6b63583bb3f24f828647dbe85f2a393a~mv2_d_2880_1220_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_6b63583bb3f24f828647dbe85f2a393a~mv2_d_2880_1220_s_2.webp)
Sally Roberts
Sep 20, 2019
Iyakkunar [Harish Gokul, India, 2018]
This short film eschews a conventional plot structure to get right to the heart of its message. As many short pieces make the mistake of try

![Speaking Out [Hannah Brochocki, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_9a4bb0965edc417c8add4cb6706a3f4c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_9a4bb0965edc417c8add4cb6706a3f4c~mv2.webp)
Charlie Greep
Sep 20, 2019
Speaking Out [Hannah Brochocki, UK, 2019]
It’s a simple and no frills documentary without any of the gimmicks or hooks some documentaries feel they need to have to keep the audience’