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![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Cornflakes Are Rubbish [Charlotte Nind/Jacob Bacon, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg)
Matthew Procter
- Feb 28, 2022
SHORT FOCUS 2021: Cornflakes Are Rubbish [Charlotte Nind/Jacob Bacon, UK, 2021]
The opening shot of Cornflakes Are Rubbish immediately draws questions from the film’s audience. Said audience could be forgiven for...
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Original Sin [Paolo Sinigaglia, Italy, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ca789cc5313b4f94bf20f025dc4796ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1176,h_661,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ca789cc5313b4f94bf20f025dc4796ee~mv2.jpg)
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: Bohemia [Samuel Kaperski, France, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d748c63a3c814cb99859c13d18c00d7d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_d748c63a3c814cb99859c13d18c00d7d~mv2.jpg)
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_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_eb393025c61143cf98b6e551df4adf77~mv2.jpg)
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_1260,h_840,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_879d13ec893a46c7ab469ce7c5a6f75f~mv2.jpeg)
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_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_072ebdf19b3242179e4f33c08618e6bc~mv2.jpg)
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_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ebd19de0de484668a28350b72d2425e9~mv2.jpg)
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_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_13c8bdcec6a1432b9d31e15744e47db7~mv2.jpeg)
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...
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: So That Nothing Changes [Francescu Artily, France, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d271ce57304346bd886ee490a3217aca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_d271ce57304346bd886ee490a3217aca~mv2.jpg)
Nia Jordan
- Sep 26, 2021
SHORT FOCUS 2021: So That Nothing Changes [Francescu Artily, France, 2020]
So That Nothing Changes is a story of a homecoming that will be familiar to many – from the first awkward meet-the-family, to the stilted...
![Love, Blood, Pain [Magnum Borini, Brazil, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_3bc1047839b94ed8b0a87ba07a623735~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1260,h_708,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_3bc1047839b94ed8b0a87ba07a623735~mv2.jpeg)
Jordon Briggs
- Jul 31, 2021
Love, Blood, Pain [Magnum Borini, Brazil, 2020]
Love, Blood, Pain is visually arresting, but the film’s construction never allows any real story into its compiled imagery.
![SHORT FOCUS 2022: So What Did We Learn Today, Georgina? [Franco Volpi, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png)
![Two Knights [Piotr Szkopiak, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2022: Throw Your Heart Over First [Mark McAuley, Ireland, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png)
![Borrowed Time [Ginevra Gentili, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Cornflakes Are Rubbish [Charlotte Nind/Jacob Bacon, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Original Sin [Paolo Sinigaglia, Italy, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ca789cc5313b4f94bf20f025dc4796ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ca789cc5313b4f94bf20f025dc4796ee~mv2.jpg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Shallow [Paul Ashton, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_951699be78e74888bc681fcd9d6c24cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_951699be78e74888bc681fcd9d6c24cc~mv2.jpg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Bohemia [Samuel Kaperski, France, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d748c63a3c814cb99859c13d18c00d7d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_880,h_492,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_d748c63a3c814cb99859c13d18c00d7d~mv2.jpg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2022: So What Did We Learn Today, Georgina? [Franco Volpi, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9b7dde_f048f3b1e32c48918d83c1285916aa3c~mv2.png)
![In the Eyes of a Child [Marco Ferrara, Italy, 2023]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_01e294bd769e4a8aa341551ca7bc7871~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_01e294bd769e4a8aa341551ca7bc7871~mv2.jpeg)
![Two Knights [Piotr Szkopiak, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_4b197f184db54afc95f775fe48320bd7~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2022: Throw Your Heart Over First [Mark McAuley, Ireland, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9b7dde_f17e64582f494d729a117bddc19545a9~mv2.png)
![The Story of a Trout [Gareth Leah, USA, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_044565b04f7b4b6da729f134c619e377~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_156,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_044565b04f7b4b6da729f134c619e377~mv2.jpeg)
![My Name is Moe [Kabir McNeely, USA, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_680ffd6c85f642a6844b8785364c4288~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_232,h_176,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_680ffd6c85f642a6844b8785364c4288~mv2.jpg)
![Borrowed Time [Ginevra Gentili, UK, 2022]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_ed0c27adf0984653a11c5104f74a1b58~mv2.jpeg)
![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Cornflakes Are Rubbish [Charlotte Nind/Jacob Bacon, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_232,h_132,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b7dde_800e4f3cde6147399b1eee00f4337095~mv2.jpeg)