
![The Skin She Sheds [Cass Virdee, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_bddd09258c164b9a90431ffd228c378a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_210,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_bddd09258c164b9a90431ffd228c378a~mv2.webp)
Juliette Howard
Jan 30, 2022
The Skin She Sheds [Cass Virdee, UK, 2022]
Faye Stoeser is positively electrifying in Cass Virdee’s fleeting short The Skin She Sheds, about a gang member who discards her old...

![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Original Sin [Paolo Sinigaglia, Italy, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ca789cc5313b4f94bf20f025dc4796ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ca789cc5313b4f94bf20f025dc4796ee~mv2.webp)
Juliette Howard
Jan 17, 2022
SHORT FOCUS 2021: Original Sin [Paolo Sinigaglia, Italy, 2020]
Drunk and jealous, a man enters his wife’s painting studio unveiling one of her canvases, which depicts a man embraced by a fire and the...

![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Shallow [Paul Ashton, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_951699be78e74888bc681fcd9d6c24cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_951699be78e74888bc681fcd9d6c24cc~mv2.webp)
Giulia Carbonaro
Jan 17, 2022
SHORT FOCUS 2021: Shallow [Paul Ashton, UK, 2021]
An innocuous and almost childlike conversation between two friends turns into a dark stupor as they finally reach their destination...

![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Bohemia [Samuel Kaperski, France, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d748c63a3c814cb99859c13d18c00d7d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_d748c63a3c814cb99859c13d18c00d7d~mv2.webp)
Matthew Procter
Jan 17, 2022
SHORT FOCUS 2021: Bohemia [Samuel Kaperski, France, 2019]
On a rooftop above the bustling streets of Los Angeles, bohemian artist Paul (Jordan Rountree) is awoken from his outdoor slumber by the...

![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Yuluu [Fatima Kried, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_eb393025c61143cf98b6e551df4adf77~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_eb393025c61143cf98b6e551df4adf77~mv2.webp)
Madeleine Raven
Jan 9, 2022
SHORT FOCUS 2021: Yuluu [Fatima Kried, UK, 2021]
Yuluu is strikingly simple at first glance, but this downplays the use of animation techniques to present a child’s view of war and...

![SHORT FOCUS 2021: The Fell Runner [Alex Simpson/Phillip Suddick, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_879d13ec893a46c7ab469ce7c5a6f75f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_210,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_879d13ec893a46c7ab469ce7c5a6f75f~mv2.webp)
Shane Farrell
Jan 9, 2022
SHORT FOCUS 2021: The Fell Runner [Alex Simpson/Phillip Suddick, UK, 2019]
Alex Simpson and Phillip Suddick’s short film poetically explores personal battles and unity in the relationship between humanity and...

![SHORT FOCUS 2021: A Knowing of Loss [Marc Puig Biel, Spain, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_072ebdf19b3242179e4f33c08618e6bc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_072ebdf19b3242179e4f33c08618e6bc~mv2.webp)
Juliette Howard
Jan 9, 2022
SHORT FOCUS 2021: A Knowing of Loss [Marc Puig Biel, Spain, 2020]
Coming-of-age summer films invariably conjure up images of sun-bleached hair, timid first love, endless boredom, and hours on end spent...

![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Rimi [Nischhal Sharma, India, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ebd19de0de484668a28350b72d2425e9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ebd19de0de484668a28350b72d2425e9~mv2.webp)
Giulia Carbonaro
Jan 8, 2022
SHORT FOCUS 2021: Rimi [Nischhal Sharma, India, 2021]
The sound of birds singing guide us through a symphony of apparent domestic bliss, a calm-looking, clean-cut interior dotted with pots...

![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Deleve [Roma Glova, Russia, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_13c8bdcec6a1432b9d31e15744e47db7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_13c8bdcec6a1432b9d31e15744e47db7~mv2.webp)
Matthew Procter
Jan 8, 2022
SHORT FOCUS 2021: Deleve [Roma Glova, Russia, 2020]
Sat before a bay window, exposed to the glistening lights of Moscow, and listening to the kind of music you would expect to hear at a...