![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_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png)
Giulia Carbonaro
- Jul 30, 2023
SHORT FOCUS 2022: So What Did We Learn Today, Georgina? [Franco Volpi, UK, 2022]
England, 1992. It’s a day like any other when the chirpy Georgina, still in her grey and dark blue uniform, returns home from school to...
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![In the Eyes of a Child [Marco Ferrara, Italy, 2023]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_01e294bd769e4a8aa341551ca7bc7871~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_01e294bd769e4a8aa341551ca7bc7871~mv2.jpeg)
Dean Archibald-Smith
- Mar 12, 2023
In the Eyes of a Child [Marco Ferrara, Italy, 2023]
In the Eyes of a Child opens with booming, double-pounding drums like a beating heart, paired with emotive piano chords, the melancholic...
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![Two Knights [Piotr Szkopiak, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg)
Dean Archibald-Smith
- Mar 12, 2023
Two Knights [Piotr Szkopiak, UK, 2022]
High tension, drama, and theological rumination are the orders of the day in this smart short film, which transports biblical characters...
![SHORT FOCUS 2022: Throw Your Heart Over First [Mark McAuley, Ireland, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png)
Wendy Brooking
- Sep 4, 2022
SHORT FOCUS 2022: Throw Your Heart Over First [Mark McAuley, Ireland, 2021]
“Throw your heart over first and the rest will follow, he used to say. I wanted to make him proud; I hope he is,” says Dave, a bereaved...
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![The Story of a Trout [Gareth Leah, USA, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_044565b04f7b4b6da729f134c619e377~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_210,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_044565b04f7b4b6da729f134c619e377~mv2.jpeg)
Matthew Procter
- Aug 11, 2022
The Story of a Trout [Gareth Leah, USA, 2022]
The remote, northern land of Alaska is deemed by many to be inhospitable or even dangerous to those unfamiliar with the trials and...
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![My Name is Moe [Kabir McNeely, USA, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_680ffd6c85f642a6844b8785364c4288~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_238,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_680ffd6c85f642a6844b8785364c4288~mv2.jpg)
Dean Archibald-Smith
- Jul 31, 2022
My Name is Moe [Kabir McNeely, USA, 2022]
My Name is Moe is an American short film that attempts to deal with the very serious and widespread issue of eating disorders. It centres...
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![Borrowed Time [Ginevra Gentili, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg)
Matthew Procter
- May 22, 2022
Borrowed Time [Ginevra Gentili, UK, 2022]
As young Olivia arrives home to reunite with her mother, it is immediately made clear that the pair are not as close as they perhaps...
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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_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg)
Matthew Procter
- Feb 28, 2022
SHORT FOCUS 2021: Cornflakes Are Rubbish [Charlotte Nind/Jacob Bacon, UK, 2021]
The opening shot of Cornflakes Are Rubbish immediately draws questions from the film’s audience. Said audience could be forgiven for...