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Thom Carter
- Mar 9, 2021
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...

![SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_848f6741f6e94bdf919c83def5f2b208~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_848f6741f6e94bdf919c83def5f2b208~mv2.jpg)
Sally Roberts
- Mar 7, 2021
SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]
August Sun achieves what many short filmmakers try and fail to do: high emotional impact.

![I Am Joseph [Tomisin Adepeju, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_254082751559475ab7a6756224a7b4d1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_209,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_254082751559475ab7a6756224a7b4d1~mv2.jpg)
Vincent Dolan
- Aug 7, 2020
I Am Joseph [Tomisin Adepeju, UK, 2019]
I Am Joseph follows a carpenter named Joseph whose fiancée, Mary, has revealed that she is pregnant and that the father is God. The film est

![Their Story [Joe Harvey, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a72d63d2d6f04a86a42b95fa000815c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_a72d63d2d6f04a86a42b95fa000815c2~mv2.jpg)
Vincent Dolan
- Aug 7, 2020
Their Story [Joe Harvey, UK, 2019]
Their Story revolves around a couple, Baz and Danielle, played by Anthony Vander and Jade Abode. Despite being engaged, Baz left Danielle fi

![Reckless Love [Josh Wichaison, Australia, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0f97af31371043139e79ccb7fa3a2258~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_0f97af31371043139e79ccb7fa3a2258~mv2.jpg)
Sam Briggs
- Feb 5, 2020
Reckless Love [Josh Wichaison, Australia, 2018]
One positive is the effective use of colouring and lighting transitions to communicate not only shifts in the passage of time, but also in t

![Subverse (Ep. 1+2) [Joseph White, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_481929183e8349809a78e6c6daebf6cd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_481929183e8349809a78e6c6daebf6cd~mv2.jpg)
Sam Briggs
- Jan 7, 2020
Subverse (Ep. 1+2) [Joseph White, USA, 2018]
Subverse is the brainchild of sci-fi director, Joseph White, a web series that follows lead character, ‘Max’ on his journey into the sordid

![Sheriff [James L. Adams, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_9d2c770aca794c7f84d0079f156cd2ec~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_9d2c770aca794c7f84d0079f156cd2ec~mv2.jpg)
Sam Briggs
- Jan 7, 2020
Sheriff [James L. Adams, UK, 2019]
The first is the short’s well-chosen selection of music, which helps remind the viewer of its Western traditions and assists in grounding th

![SHORT FOCUS 2019: Teddy Mate [Rommel Villa, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_eaf15c1e36a64e58a5f614db31597f35~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_eaf15c1e36a64e58a5f614db31597f35~mv2.jpg)
Sam Briggs
- Jan 3, 2020
SHORT FOCUS 2019: Teddy Mate [Rommel Villa, USA, 2018]
Teddy Mate delivers a ‘disneyfied’ version of what, regrettably, is still too often viewed as an ‘alternative message’, forced for too long

![Pupil [Meysam Muyini, Iran, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_5e5dc7d65ea54b00ae923094e8a52f6e~mv2_d_2847_1510_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_5e5dc7d65ea54b00ae923094e8a52f6e~mv2_d_2847_1510_s_2.jpg)
Sally Roberts
- Dec 2, 2019
Pupil [Meysam Muyini, Iran, 2018]
Pupil tells the confusing story of a man living out a sci-fi nightmare. Confined in a clinically barren room, he is haunted by flashes of th

![Faces Without Visage [Hesam Rahmani, Iran, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6326516249c3416cbdbf2b37b992a9df~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_6326516249c3416cbdbf2b37b992a9df~mv2.jpg)
Sally Roberts
- Dec 2, 2019
Faces Without Visage [Hesam Rahmani, Iran, 2019]
The beginning of the film evokes pertinent questions about the strange impersonality of photos. While the family snaps are, in a way, deeply