![Library [Kaveh Kanani, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6f379a84fe71478a8708bb6b1dcdca84~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_6f379a84fe71478a8708bb6b1dcdca84~mv2.webp)
![Library [Kaveh Kanani, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6f379a84fe71478a8708bb6b1dcdca84~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_6f379a84fe71478a8708bb6b1dcdca84~mv2.webp)
Library [Kaveh Kanani, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020]
Library (Fingils) is a short, sweet, and simple animation from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Set in a world inhabited by animals...
Adam Donald
Mar 16, 2021
![Close Away [Miguel Ángel Cardona, Spain, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6f1e2019de0a4994bde99b3b07f840a5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_6f1e2019de0a4994bde99b3b07f840a5~mv2.webp)
![Close Away [Miguel Ángel Cardona, Spain, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6f1e2019de0a4994bde99b3b07f840a5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_6f1e2019de0a4994bde99b3b07f840a5~mv2.webp)
Close Away [Miguel Ángel Cardona, Spain, 2020]
Close Away (Cerca de Lejos) illustrates the evolving nature of human sexual interactions; highly topical in an age of physical isolation...
Sharleen Opia
Mar 16, 2021
![Caged Bird [Dana Dajani/Rami Kanso, Jordan, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ef7bc1a0ec2d4eb38e21f80c38e006b4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ef7bc1a0ec2d4eb38e21f80c38e006b4~mv2.webp)
![Caged Bird [Dana Dajani/Rami Kanso, Jordan, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ef7bc1a0ec2d4eb38e21f80c38e006b4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ef7bc1a0ec2d4eb38e21f80c38e006b4~mv2.webp)
Caged Bird [Dana Dajani/Rami Kanso, Jordan, 2021]
In Caged Bird, an animated music video written and directed by Dana Dajani, a woman takes a stand against her lover’s possessive behaviour,
Jordon Briggs
Mar 14, 2021
![Zhwan [Kaveh Jahed, Iran, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0f0b88fcc6274288ad728c6d64d5398f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_375,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_0f0b88fcc6274288ad728c6d64d5398f~mv2.webp)
![Zhwan [Kaveh Jahed, Iran, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0f0b88fcc6274288ad728c6d64d5398f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_210,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_0f0b88fcc6274288ad728c6d64d5398f~mv2.webp)
Zhwan [Kaveh Jahed, Iran, 2019]
Kaved Jahed’s Zhwan is a subtle but scathing social commentary on gender inequality, sexism, and regressive patriarchal mores...
Sarthak Kaul
Mar 13, 2021
![Fish Legend [Toni Silvennoinen, Finland, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a23bdc55b47b4584baf08c160c1c3d1a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_442,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_a23bdc55b47b4584baf08c160c1c3d1a~mv2.webp)
![Fish Legend [Toni Silvennoinen, Finland, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a23bdc55b47b4584baf08c160c1c3d1a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_178,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_a23bdc55b47b4584baf08c160c1c3d1a~mv2.webp)
Fish Legend [Toni Silvennoinen, Finland, 2019]
As Fish Legend opens, we are immediately struck by Silvennoinen’s use of colour. The drab environment of the man’s building is...
Will Whitehead
Mar 13, 2021
![Redman [Harry Oddie, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7d2b57342f514d56ab110857eee8dae5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_334,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_7d2b57342f514d56ab110857eee8dae5~mv2.webp)
![Redman [Harry Oddie, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7d2b57342f514d56ab110857eee8dae5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_236,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_7d2b57342f514d56ab110857eee8dae5~mv2.webp)
Redman [Harry Oddie, UK, 2021]
Harry Oddie’s Redman reimagines a very particular hero identity. Perhaps as a subversion of the superheroes that have crept up in film...
Fung Ying Cheng
Mar 13, 2021
![Rut [James Henson, UK, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_528787837b6e4ffab915c1d73eb7100f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_528787837b6e4ffab915c1d73eb7100f~mv2.webp)
![Rut [James Henson, UK, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_528787837b6e4ffab915c1d73eb7100f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_528787837b6e4ffab915c1d73eb7100f~mv2.webp)
Rut [James Henson, UK, 2017]
James Henson’s Rut reimagines Tales of the Unexpected for the oppressive world of 21st-century finance.
Will Whitehead
Mar 12, 2021
![Fargate [Sally Cancello, UK, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_c68b26a2a8f64827ac1aeac309cf1e09~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_c68b26a2a8f64827ac1aeac309cf1e09~mv2.webp)
![Fargate [Sally Cancello, UK, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_c68b26a2a8f64827ac1aeac309cf1e09~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_c68b26a2a8f64827ac1aeac309cf1e09~mv2.webp)
Fargate [Sally Cancello, UK, 2020]
In light of International Women’s Day, it is time that we paid more attention to our female directors, creators, actresses...
Hope Smith
Mar 11, 2021
![SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_db259e637d644381934864f62b9324e8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_db259e637d644381934864f62b9324e8~mv2.webp)
![SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_db259e637d644381934864f62b9324e8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_db259e637d644381934864f62b9324e8~mv2.webp)
SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]
In chapter five of Franz Kafka’s The Trial, Joseph K. is passing along a corridor in his office when he happens upon a storage closet...
Thom Carter
Mar 9, 2021
![Work From Home [Gautam Chaturvedi, India, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ad15ab748f8a451a8db95008f6c596a6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ad15ab748f8a451a8db95008f6c596a6~mv2.webp)
![Work From Home [Gautam Chaturvedi, India, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ad15ab748f8a451a8db95008f6c596a6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ad15ab748f8a451a8db95008f6c596a6~mv2.webp)
Work From Home [Gautam Chaturvedi, India, 2020]
At the time of writing, millions will be working from home as the coronavirus continues to spread like poison ivy.
Melody Chan
Mar 8, 2021