
![AF_SO_MONT_NB [Barbara Peikert, France, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a47ba0c42aee4f289ac5d361ae0239d0~mv2_d_2876_1592_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_a47ba0c42aee4f289ac5d361ae0239d0~mv2_d_2876_1592_s_2.jpg)
Sally Roberts
- Oct 28, 2019
AF_SO_MONT_NB [Barbara Peikert, France, 2018]
Rather than a series of different shots, this film is comprised predominantly of the one single scene that glides across the screen, oscilla

![SHORT FOCUS 2019: José [João Monteiro, Portugal, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_073be645baeb41d6b588e9429c4ad412~mv2_d_2880_1476_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_073be645baeb41d6b588e9429c4ad412~mv2_d_2880_1476_s_2.jpg)
Sally Roberts
- Oct 28, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2019: José [João Monteiro, Portugal, 2019]
Although much of the story remains shrouded in words unspoken, there is a sense of drowning at the end of the short. The necklace lies half

![Yours Are Mine [Brooke Trantor, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7bf51e8750fd461d9be1cad7defe21c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_321,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_7bf51e8750fd461d9be1cad7defe21c2~mv2.jpg)
Sally Roberts
- Oct 27, 2019
Yours Are Mine [Brooke Trantor, USA, 2018]
One thing that stands out in this short is its portrayal of healthy, supportive relationships between women. Although things are now slowly

![Empyreal [Lucas Coyte, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_9a7b141ad56c46c8b413f938ccd962a0~mv2_d_2880_1224_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_9a7b141ad56c46c8b413f938ccd962a0~mv2_d_2880_1224_s_2.jpg)
Sally Roberts
- Oct 27, 2019
Empyreal [Lucas Coyte, UK, 2018]
Somewhat fittingly, the film’s main strength is its use of space - in both senses of the word. By setting one small object within a screenfu

![Darkus Buckerbergius [Schikhur, India, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_efe7dfd147ee404ab2d3ef50a2353b04~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_efe7dfd147ee404ab2d3ef50a2353b04~mv2.jpg)
Sally Roberts
- Oct 27, 2019
Darkus Buckerbergius [Schikhur, India, 2019]
The link made between more advanced methods of communication and greater social equality strikes a chord with recent controversies surroundi

![SHORT FOCUS 2019: Real Shame [Gwen O'Toole, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_99320b44c7ad46d39f365cbbc67d1b36~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_99320b44c7ad46d39f365cbbc67d1b36~mv2.jpg)
Sam Briggs
- Oct 27, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2019: Real Shame [Gwen O'Toole, UK, 2019]
A-Level results day: a testing time in the life of any young academic, even more so for Real Shame’s Benjy who will, on this day, admit to h

![The Turner Exhibit [Mathew Gregory Bainbridge, USA, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_488e9110552e4683971da331d9a8c94b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_488e9110552e4683971da331d9a8c94b~mv2.jpg)
Sam Briggs
- Oct 27, 2019
The Turner Exhibit [Mathew Gregory Bainbridge, USA, 2019]
Any family can seem perfect from the outside, though, despite the illusion, this is very rarely the case. The Turner Exhibit explores inter-

![SHORT FOCUS 2019: Cry [Guy Wilson, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_dac61bba7cb14535aa62cf93fc666f2a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_dac61bba7cb14535aa62cf93fc666f2a~mv2.jpg)
Sam Briggs
- Oct 27, 2019
SHORT FOCUS 2019: Cry [Guy Wilson, UK, 2018]
Some really strong filmmaking nuances are exhibited midway through proceedings, when Andrew comes horrifyingly close to abducting another ma

![The Underground Empire [Manuel del Negro, Italy, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_344350bd4bf2403c98798f6a4fc2c490~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_344350bd4bf2403c98798f6a4fc2c490~mv2.jpg)
Charlie Greep
- Oct 24, 2019
The Underground Empire [Manuel del Negro, Italy, 2019]
Thematically, The Underground Empire explores human progress and how humans and the natural world are both entwined with each other and yet

![The Wait of Stones [Dave Huber, USA, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_c0b9747228704fa6a1aed3a6f5ba55cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_c0b9747228704fa6a1aed3a6f5ba55cc~mv2.jpg)
Charlie Greep
- Oct 2, 2019
The Wait of Stones [Dave Huber, USA, 2019]
The film is almost completely silence throughout the majority of its run time, with only the ambient sounds of nature such as babbling brook