
![Caged Bird [Dana Dajani/Rami Kanso, Jordan, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ef7bc1a0ec2d4eb38e21f80c38e006b4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ef7bc1a0ec2d4eb38e21f80c38e006b4~mv2.webp)
Jordon Briggs
Mar 14, 2021
Caged Bird [Dana Dajani/Rami Kanso, Jordan, 2021]
In Caged Bird, an animated music video written and directed by Dana Dajani, a woman takes a stand against her lover’s possessive behaviour,

![Zhwan [Kaveh Jahed, Iran, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0f0b88fcc6274288ad728c6d64d5398f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_210,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_0f0b88fcc6274288ad728c6d64d5398f~mv2.webp)
Sarthak Kaul
Mar 13, 2021
Zhwan [Kaveh Jahed, Iran, 2019]
Kaved Jahed’s Zhwan is a subtle but scathing social commentary on gender inequality, sexism, and regressive patriarchal mores...

![Fish Legend [Toni Silvennoinen, Finland, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a23bdc55b47b4584baf08c160c1c3d1a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_178,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_a23bdc55b47b4584baf08c160c1c3d1a~mv2.webp)
Will Whitehead
Mar 13, 2021
Fish Legend [Toni Silvennoinen, Finland, 2019]
As Fish Legend opens, we are immediately struck by Silvennoinen’s use of colour. The drab environment of the man’s building is...

![Redman [Harry Oddie, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7d2b57342f514d56ab110857eee8dae5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_236,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_7d2b57342f514d56ab110857eee8dae5~mv2.webp)
Fung Ying Cheng
Mar 13, 2021
Redman [Harry Oddie, UK, 2021]
Harry Oddie’s Redman reimagines a very particular hero identity. Perhaps as a subversion of the superheroes that have crept up in film...

![Rut [James Henson, UK, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_528787837b6e4ffab915c1d73eb7100f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_528787837b6e4ffab915c1d73eb7100f~mv2.webp)
Will Whitehead
Mar 12, 2021
Rut [James Henson, UK, 2017]
James Henson’s Rut reimagines Tales of the Unexpected for the oppressive world of 21st-century finance.

![Fargate [Sally Cancello, UK, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_c68b26a2a8f64827ac1aeac309cf1e09~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_c68b26a2a8f64827ac1aeac309cf1e09~mv2.webp)
Hope Smith
Mar 11, 2021
Fargate [Sally Cancello, UK, 2020]
In light of International Women’s Day, it is time that we paid more attention to our female directors, creators, actresses...

![SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_db259e637d644381934864f62b9324e8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_db259e637d644381934864f62b9324e8~mv2.webp)
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...

![Work From Home [Gautam Chaturvedi, India, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ad15ab748f8a451a8db95008f6c596a6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ad15ab748f8a451a8db95008f6c596a6~mv2.webp)
Melody Chan
Mar 8, 2021
Work From Home [Gautam Chaturvedi, India, 2020]
At the time of writing, millions will be working from home as the coronavirus continues to spread like poison ivy.

![SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_848f6741f6e94bdf919c83def5f2b208~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_848f6741f6e94bdf919c83def5f2b208~mv2.webp)
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.

![Starlings [Simon Allen, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_280ad9c67c8f470892d343c6bb9fe873~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_280ad9c67c8f470892d343c6bb9fe873~mv2.webp)
Natalia Brammen
Mar 6, 2021
Starlings [Simon Allen, UK, 2021]
Since the creation of cinema, filmmakers, critics, and even audiences have often favoured the visual aspect of filmmaking.