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![Kachō Fūgetsu [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2016]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0fedfc3c6c524d449d6c51c3ea92173e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_0fedfc3c6c524d449d6c51c3ea92173e~mv2.jpg)
Patricia Watney
Oct 31, 2018
Kachō Fūgetsu [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2016]
The term ‘Kachō Fūgetsu’ can be literally translated to “flower, bird, wind, moon”. A popular idiom in Japanese culture, taken in its...
![Connected Colours [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2016]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d2580ca96da4427c9f0a3b27f5039b89~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_d2580ca96da4427c9f0a3b27f5039b89~mv2.jpg)
Patricia Watney
Oct 31, 2018
Connected Colours [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2016]
Connected Colours is one of Nobumichi Asai’s earliest ventures in the world of face mapping technology and in this way feels more like a...
![Connected Flower [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_dbe90bbd2a744425948b60d23b99475d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_dbe90bbd2a744425948b60d23b99475d~mv2.jpg)
Patricia Watney
Oct 31, 2018
Connected Flower [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]
Nobumichi Asai’s Connected Flower is for more optimistic in outlook in comparison to his two films in the Inori series (see previous...
![We Pray All Nukes Will Eternally Disappear from the World [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_dbd6d58e7daf487dadf9a8e9fd329847~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_dbd6d58e7daf487dadf9a8e9fd329847~mv2.jpg)
Patricia Watney
Oct 31, 2018
We Pray All Nukes Will Eternally Disappear from the World [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]
Another sensitive and challenging short film from Nobumichi Asai, We Pray All Nukes Will Eternally Disappear from the World is also...
![SHORT FOCUS 2018: Inori (Prayer) [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_019662a707084ddeba4241d50993e62e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1034,h_581,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_019662a707084ddeba4241d50993e62e~mv2.jpg)
Dean Archibald-Smith
Oct 30, 2018
SHORT FOCUS 2018: Inori (Prayer) [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]
The 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami is the inspiration behind this technically mind-blowing and visually powerful short performance...
![To the Ends of the Fingertips [Roswitha Chesher, UK, 2016]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d65c845c5dad4a93aff93bc6d6892383~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_840,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_d65c845c5dad4a93aff93bc6d6892383~mv2.jpg)
Patricia Watney
Oct 30, 2018
To the Ends of the Fingertips [Roswitha Chesher, UK, 2016]
What does freedom really mean? If one were to be truly free, how would the time be spent? Indeed, can we ever truly be free? These are...
![SHORT FOCUS 2018 – JURY PRIZE: XCTRY [Bill Brown, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_350ab3a58747492aa0063f5d07f65266~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1021,h_765,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_350ab3a58747492aa0063f5d07f65266~mv2.jpg)
Michael K. Adler
Oct 30, 2018
SHORT FOCUS 2018 – JURY PRIZE: XCTRY [Bill Brown, USA, 2018]
Bill Brown’s paean to the romance of the road is a wonderfully constructed visual journal and an artful document that elegantly captures...
![Number 13 [Jonell Rowe, UK, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a5ddc26c9cc04ec791791a8f3fead016~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_a5ddc26c9cc04ec791791a8f3fead016~mv2.jpg)
Michael K. Adler
Oct 1, 2018
Number 13 [Jonell Rowe, UK, 2017]
We’ve all been there before: stuck in a seemingly never-ending supermarket queue that dwindles only at the mercy of the dead-eyed, grumpy...
![Westbrook [Alexander Kaluzhsky, USA, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0a1582060dc44c9c9dc0f18685c277f9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_0a1582060dc44c9c9dc0f18685c277f9~mv2.jpg)
Michael K. Adler
Oct 1, 2018
Westbrook [Alexander Kaluzhsky, USA, 2017]
Westbrook is a semi-autobiographical and experimental short film that quietly explores the fractured elements of the filmmaker’s own...
![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_auto/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png)
![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_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_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png)
![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_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_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)
![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_auto/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg)