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![Their Story [Joe Harvey, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a72d63d2d6f04a86a42b95fa000815c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1004,h_564,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_a72d63d2d6f04a86a42b95fa000815c2~mv2.jpg)
Vincent Dolan
Aug 7, 2020
Their Story [Joe Harvey, UK, 2019]
Their Story revolves around a couple, Baz and Danielle, played by Anthony Vander and Jade Abode. Despite being engaged, Baz left Danielle fi
![No Hard Shells Crack? [Rich Mcafee, UK, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6f86419545534a6cb673bbcbf5a1b0fd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_6f86419545534a6cb673bbcbf5a1b0fd~mv2.jpg)
Walt Eastfield
Aug 6, 2020
No Hard Shells Crack? [Rich Mcafee, UK, 2020]
No Hard Shells Crack? is a taut comedy-horror, which understands the economy of shots, lighting and dialogue. Although not wildly original,
![One Bad Post [Mycle Scheuer, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_98c12aa8e117474ba3a9c3cd36c4bf48~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_98c12aa8e117474ba3a9c3cd36c4bf48~mv2.jpg)
Patricia Watney
Jul 30, 2020
One Bad Post [Mycle Scheuer, UK, 2019]
Two friends, Chaz and Frankie stumble from a reunion party into the woods and Chaz, having had one too many, begins feeling sick. Frankie fo
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Dean Archibald-Smith
Jul 28, 2020
Decrescendo [Olivia Chiesi, USA, 2019]
The 11-minute short opens with a young man in sunglasses driving a luxury, vintage convertible through the palm tree-lined Hollywood Hills.
![Misophonia [Bhavik C. Pankhania, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_4522c113d595425784a8d948daeb7afd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_4522c113d595425784a8d948daeb7afd~mv2.jpg)
Vincent Dolan
Jul 21, 2020
Misophonia [Bhavik C. Pankhania, UK, 2019]
The protagonist is sat in a restaurant waiting for his girlfriend to arrive, looking at a ring he has with him. A series of images appear sh
![Sandra Loves Guns: Life and Death of a Drug Lord [Julia Tarissan & Swann Darcy, France, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_809070993b464a6dbdc38a584bcb2533~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_809070993b464a6dbdc38a584bcb2533~mv2.jpg)
Vincent Dolan
Jul 21, 2020
Sandra Loves Guns: Life and Death of a Drug Lord [Julia Tarissan & Swann Darcy, France, 2019]
The story revolves around J. J. Jones, a drug lord or “socially conscious businessman”, as he prefers, whom a journalist is interviewing. J.
![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
![Subverse (Ep. 1+2) [Joseph White, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_481929183e8349809a78e6c6daebf6cd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_481929183e8349809a78e6c6daebf6cd~mv2.jpg)
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
![Sheriff [James L. Adams, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_9d2c770aca794c7f84d0079f156cd2ec~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_9d2c770aca794c7f84d0079f156cd2ec~mv2.jpg)
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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![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Cornflakes Are Rubbish [Charlotte Nind/Jacob Bacon, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Original Sin [Paolo Sinigaglia, Italy, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ca789cc5313b4f94bf20f025dc4796ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ca789cc5313b4f94bf20f025dc4796ee~mv2.jpg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Shallow [Paul Ashton, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_951699be78e74888bc681fcd9d6c24cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_951699be78e74888bc681fcd9d6c24cc~mv2.jpg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Bohemia [Samuel Kaperski, France, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d748c63a3c814cb99859c13d18c00d7d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_d748c63a3c814cb99859c13d18c00d7d~mv2.jpg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2022: So What Did We Learn Today, Georgina? [Franco Volpi, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png)
![In the Eyes of a Child [Marco Ferrara, Italy, 2023]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_01e294bd769e4a8aa341551ca7bc7871~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_01e294bd769e4a8aa341551ca7bc7871~mv2.jpeg)
![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)
![The Story of a Trout [Gareth Leah, USA, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_044565b04f7b4b6da729f134c619e377~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_156,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_044565b04f7b4b6da729f134c619e377~mv2.jpeg)
![My Name is Moe [Kabir McNeely, USA, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_680ffd6c85f642a6844b8785364c4288~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_232,h_176,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_680ffd6c85f642a6844b8785364c4288~mv2.jpg)
![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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