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![Exodus [Kiran Dhoot, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_2af5772611d14ac48b3ca923df82b18b~mv2_d_5184_2912_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1780,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_2af5772611d14ac48b3ca923df82b18b~mv2_d_5184_2912_s_4_2.jpg)
![Exodus [Kiran Dhoot, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_2af5772611d14ac48b3ca923df82b18b~mv2_d_5184_2912_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_2af5772611d14ac48b3ca923df82b18b~mv2_d_5184_2912_s_4_2.jpg)
Exodus [Kiran Dhoot, UK, 2018]
Humanity and trust are both called into question as desperation for survival erupts into paranoia and violence in this post-apocalyptic...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Mar 28, 2018
![Juck [Olivia Kastebring/Julia Gumpert/Ulrika Bandeira, Sweden, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_fc32db52fbb14481be3a991cb27d72bf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_801,h_450,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_fc32db52fbb14481be3a991cb27d72bf~mv2.jpg)
![Juck [Olivia Kastebring/Julia Gumpert/Ulrika Bandeira, Sweden, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_fc32db52fbb14481be3a991cb27d72bf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_801,h_450,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_fc32db52fbb14481be3a991cb27d72bf~mv2.jpg)
Juck [Olivia Kastebring/Julia Gumpert/Ulrika Bandeira, Sweden, 2018]
The final film to screen in the Generation 14-plus short film section at the Berlin International Film Festival 2018, and the programmers...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Mar 1, 2018
![Tangles and Knots [Renée Marie Petropoulos, Australia, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_392c5b91a59242a7afa0cf1003632755~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1780,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_392c5b91a59242a7afa0cf1003632755~mv2.jpg)
![Tangles and Knots [Renée Marie Petropoulos, Australia, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_392c5b91a59242a7afa0cf1003632755~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_392c5b91a59242a7afa0cf1003632755~mv2.jpg)
Tangles and Knots [Renée Marie Petropoulos, Australia, 2017]
Australian short Tangles and Knots, written and directed by Renée Marie Petropoulos and produced by Janet Brown and Yingna Lu, is a...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Mar 1, 2018
![Three Centimetres [Lara Zeidan, UK, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_97b1f974bfd5488980318c72a71a745f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_690,h_390,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_97b1f974bfd5488980318c72a71a745f~mv2.jpg)
![Three Centimetres [Lara Zeidan, UK, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_97b1f974bfd5488980318c72a71a745f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_690,h_390,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_97b1f974bfd5488980318c72a71a745f~mv2.jpg)
Three Centimetres [Lara Zeidan, UK, 2017]
Within the confines of a Ferris wheel cabin on the pier of a Lebanese beach, we join four young women on a consolatory day out for one of...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Mar 1, 2018
![Symphony of a Sad Sea [Carlos Morales, Mexico, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_319ba8fb34af47a88c5870c2dad999c1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_840,h_560,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_319ba8fb34af47a88c5870c2dad999c1~mv2.jpg)
![Symphony of a Sad Sea [Carlos Morales, Mexico, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_319ba8fb34af47a88c5870c2dad999c1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_840,h_560,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_319ba8fb34af47a88c5870c2dad999c1~mv2.jpg)
Symphony of a Sad Sea [Carlos Morales, Mexico, 2017]
Silence can often be an extremely powerful tool in moments of passive resistance, a way to negatively reinforce statements that have been...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Mar 1, 2018
![Bless You! (Na Zdrowie!) [Paulina Ziółkowska, Poland, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_3cac603dbd604d74b7439abfc8e77674~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_897,h_504,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_3cac603dbd604d74b7439abfc8e77674~mv2.jpg)
![Bless You! (Na Zdrowie!) [Paulina Ziółkowska, Poland, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_3cac603dbd604d74b7439abfc8e77674~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_897,h_504,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_3cac603dbd604d74b7439abfc8e77674~mv2.jpg)
Bless You! (Na Zdrowie!) [Paulina Ziółkowska, Poland, 2018]
Na Zdrowie! (Bless You!) is a Polish animation written and directed by Paulina Ziółkowska. It is a surrealist comedy with dialogue...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Mar 1, 2018
![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_1789,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png)
![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_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png)
![Two Knights [Piotr Szkopiak, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1020,h_570,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg)
![Two Knights [Piotr Szkopiak, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_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_1789,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png)
![SHORT FOCUS 2022: Throw Your Heart Over First [Mark McAuley, Ireland, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png)
![Borrowed Time [Ginevra Gentili, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1440,h_805,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg)
![Borrowed Time [Ginevra Gentili, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Cornflakes Are Rubbish [Charlotte Nind/Jacob Bacon, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1288,h_720,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg)
![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_avif,quality_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_1182,h_661,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ca789cc5313b4f94bf20f025dc4796ee~mv2.jpg)
![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_avif,quality_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_1789,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_951699be78e74888bc681fcd9d6c24cc~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_avif,quality_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_1789,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_d748c63a3c814cb99859c13d18c00d7d~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_avif,quality_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_1758,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png)
![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_avif,quality_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_1067,h_607,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_01e294bd769e4a8aa341551ca7bc7871~mv2.jpeg)
![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_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_01e294bd769e4a8aa341551ca7bc7871~mv2.jpeg)
![Two Knights [Piotr Szkopiak, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1002,h_570,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~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_avif,quality_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_1758,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png)
![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_avif,quality_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_1487,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_044565b04f7b4b6da729f134c619e377~mv2.jpeg)
![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_avif,quality_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_1318,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_680ffd6c85f642a6844b8785364c4288~mv2.jpg)
![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_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_680ffd6c85f642a6844b8785364c4288~mv2.jpg)
![Borrowed Time [Ginevra Gentili, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1424,h_810,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg)
![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_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Cornflakes Are Rubbish [Charlotte Nind/Jacob Bacon, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1265,h_720,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Cornflakes Are Rubbish [Charlotte Nind/Jacob Bacon, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg)
