March - 2019 2/3

REVIEWS

The Latent Image [Alexander Birrell, UK/Canada, 2018]

An atmospheric short film from British director Alexander Birrell, The Latent Image tells the story of Robert Walsh, a writer who has...

SHORT FOCUS 2018: Close Enough [Mahdi Hosseingholi & Mojtaba Zarghampour, Iran, 2018] /// Wear Y

Confusion, fear, curiosity. These are some of the emotions directors Mahdi Hosseingholi and Mojtaba Zarghampour channel through their...

Memories of Ladywell Baths [David Stock, UK, 2018] /// The Cost of Living [Pamela Falkenberg & J

The film follows the chronological journey of Ladywell from a Victorian bathhouse to a modern day play centre.

Disintegrants [John Harlan Norris, USA, 2017 /// Going to the Mattresses [Mary Beth Reed, USA, 2018]

As myriad abstract shapes and floating objects move at a reassuring pace across the screen, the mind instantly throws up memories of...

Rachel [Indigo Bates, USA, 2018]

Rachel is a film with a clever narrative structure, an example of brave and incisive narrative filmmaking and a piece that that showcases a

The Inuring [James Hughes, UK, 2016]

The powerful start of The Inuring presents itself as a tense drama. We are introduced to two young women who we come to realise, as the dram

Constance (A Symphony of Kisses) [Pierre Gaffié, France, 2017] /// Finding Shakespeare [Margaret McG

Constance (A Symphony of Kisses) offers a charming account of one woman’s strategic pursuit of an end to loneliness. Its central premise...

Back Up My Memories (Selene Citro & Luna Lunardi, Italy, 2018)

Part speculative fiction and part introspective look at memory, Back Up My Memories is an interesting short film from directing duo...