![Daddy [Kacper Anuszewski, Poland, 2018] /// I Modh Rúin (In Secret) [Ríonach Ní Néill, Ireland, 2017](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_c687a54fec9640049a3b285cfa4a0fcf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_c687a54fec9640049a3b285cfa4a0fcf~mv2.webp)
![Daddy [Kacper Anuszewski, Poland, 2018] /// I Modh Rúin (In Secret) [Ríonach Ní Néill, Ireland, 2017](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_c687a54fec9640049a3b285cfa4a0fcf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_c687a54fec9640049a3b285cfa4a0fcf~mv2.webp)
Daddy [Kacper Anuszewski, Poland, 2018] /// I Modh Rúin (In Secret) [Ríonach Ní Néill, Ireland, 2017
A young married couple argue in front of their son Christopher (Eryk Pawlikowsky). Janusz, the father (played by the film’s director...
Walt Eastfield
Dec 26, 2018
![SHORT FOCUS 2018 - JURY PRIZE: One Night [Alex Marshall, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_3bc5336b6aff472190f3ec480f81276c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_3bc5336b6aff472190f3ec480f81276c~mv2.webp)
![SHORT FOCUS 2018 - JURY PRIZE: One Night [Alex Marshall, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_3bc5336b6aff472190f3ec480f81276c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_3bc5336b6aff472190f3ec480f81276c~mv2.webp)
SHORT FOCUS 2018 - JURY PRIZE: One Night [Alex Marshall, UK, 2018]
The final film to screen in a programme of outstanding short films at Short Focus 2018, One Night faced some fierce competition, to say...
Walt Eastfield
Nov 16, 2018
![Knock Knock [Grace Lambert & Noemi Gunea, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_49d168d5653e49b6aca84c43c778eed9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_49d168d5653e49b6aca84c43c778eed9~mv2.webp)
![Knock Knock [Grace Lambert & Noemi Gunea, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_49d168d5653e49b6aca84c43c778eed9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_49d168d5653e49b6aca84c43c778eed9~mv2.webp)
Knock Knock [Grace Lambert & Noemi Gunea, UK, 2018]
Knock Knock is the zany comedy sketch dreamt up by London-based female comedy duo Cheap Thrills (Grace Lambert & Noemi Gunea). The short...
Michael K. Adler
Nov 16, 2018
![Rokeaux – ‘Silent’ [Gorkem Tekdal, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7ec26e5e705b44098c69216934788743~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_7ec26e5e705b44098c69216934788743~mv2.webp)
![Rokeaux – ‘Silent’ [Gorkem Tekdal, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7ec26e5e705b44098c69216934788743~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_7ec26e5e705b44098c69216934788743~mv2.webp)
Rokeaux – ‘Silent’ [Gorkem Tekdal, USA, 2018]
Silent is the title of this catchy, calypso-tinged, hip hop track by independent rapper/singer Rokeaux and also the name of its...
Walt Eastfield
Nov 15, 2018
![99 [Stephen Kilkie, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_fb35afd2e81d4c3d842564c5e08005d5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_fb35afd2e81d4c3d842564c5e08005d5~mv2.webp)
![99 [Stephen Kilkie, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_fb35afd2e81d4c3d842564c5e08005d5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_fb35afd2e81d4c3d842564c5e08005d5~mv2.webp)
99 [Stephen Kilkie, UK, 2018]
Two friends, Jen and Becky, stroll down a quiet street casually interacting with their respective smartphones, and arrange plans with...
Walt Eastfield
Nov 15, 2018
![Quadrant [Marta Arjona Blasca & Mei Casabona, Spain, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7bd5d8f805f24d86b936f04200d9e846~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_375,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_7bd5d8f805f24d86b936f04200d9e846~mv2.webp)
![Quadrant [Marta Arjona Blasca & Mei Casabona, Spain, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7bd5d8f805f24d86b936f04200d9e846~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_210,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_7bd5d8f805f24d86b936f04200d9e846~mv2.webp)
Quadrant [Marta Arjona Blasca & Mei Casabona, Spain, 2017]
Marta Arjona Blasca and Mei Casabona’s Quadrant is a socially conscious dance film that interrogates modern notions of gender roles and...
Alison Girault
Nov 15, 2018
![Acquainted with the Night [Tony Rayner, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_e5854d50979c4ea19c0f5e792af7d557~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_e5854d50979c4ea19c0f5e792af7d557~mv2.webp)
![Acquainted with the Night [Tony Rayner, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_e5854d50979c4ea19c0f5e792af7d557~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_e5854d50979c4ea19c0f5e792af7d557~mv2.webp)
Acquainted with the Night [Tony Rayner, USA, 2018]
Tony Rayner’s Acquainted with the Night is dark thriller about family, money and betrayal. The film opens with young, married couple...
Patricia Watney
Nov 11, 2018
![Hair [Olivia Coppin, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_3d0bc766e8ac4487bd6a00789004a368~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_3d0bc766e8ac4487bd6a00789004a368~mv2.webp)
![Hair [Olivia Coppin, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_3d0bc766e8ac4487bd6a00789004a368~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_3d0bc766e8ac4487bd6a00789004a368~mv2.webp)
Hair [Olivia Coppin, UK, 2018]
The ubiquitous issue of ‘body-shaming’ seems by all means a modern one, a term that exists within a millennial taxonomy under which one...
Michael K. Adler
Nov 8, 2018
![Lemon [Timothy Michael Cooper, USA, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_2d240823b4af4ad590fa1e1c3c50babe~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_2d240823b4af4ad590fa1e1c3c50babe~mv2.webp)
![Lemon [Timothy Michael Cooper, USA, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_2d240823b4af4ad590fa1e1c3c50babe~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_2d240823b4af4ad590fa1e1c3c50babe~mv2.webp)
Lemon [Timothy Michael Cooper, USA, 2017]
How well do we really know the people we love? And at what moment can one really decide when it’s the right time to devote the rest of...
Alison Girault
Nov 6, 2018
![The Garden of Gethsemane [Galina Altman, Russia, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_897b6431a4e241dd9daba8b03602872e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_897b6431a4e241dd9daba8b03602872e~mv2.webp)
![The Garden of Gethsemane [Galina Altman, Russia, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_897b6431a4e241dd9daba8b03602872e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_897b6431a4e241dd9daba8b03602872e~mv2.webp)
The Garden of Gethsemane [Galina Altman, Russia, 2018]
The shot of a woman’s hand caressing the tips of barley in a sprawling countryside field beneath a clear blue sky, instantly recalls the...
Walt Eastfield
Nov 5, 2018