![SHORT FOCUS 2018: Takako vs. Nine Lives [Laura Wolkstein, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_177cb86f65b14def80dac036cab95956~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_177cb86f65b14def80dac036cab95956~mv2.webp)
![SHORT FOCUS 2018: Takako vs. Nine Lives [Laura Wolkstein, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_177cb86f65b14def80dac036cab95956~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_177cb86f65b14def80dac036cab95956~mv2.webp)
SHORT FOCUS 2018: Takako vs. Nine Lives [Laura Wolkstein, USA, 2018]
When you hear the word “nutcracker” what do you think of? An enchanting ballet traditionally performed at Christmas or an excruciating,...
Sally Roberts
Mar 21, 2019
![Disruption [Anagha Komalankutty, India/UAE, 2018] /// Bubly: Cheers to Cheer [Rick Peters, USA, 2018](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ba3baade81094c51a1b542ec21989000~mv2_d_2880_1619_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ba3baade81094c51a1b542ec21989000~mv2_d_2880_1619_s_2.webp)
![Disruption [Anagha Komalankutty, India/UAE, 2018] /// Bubly: Cheers to Cheer [Rick Peters, USA, 2018](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ba3baade81094c51a1b542ec21989000~mv2_d_2880_1619_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ba3baade81094c51a1b542ec21989000~mv2_d_2880_1619_s_2.webp)
Disruption [Anagha Komalankutty, India/UAE, 2018] /// Bubly: Cheers to Cheer [Rick Peters, USA, 2018
Director Anagha Komalankutty attempts to embody the destruction of creativity that is caused by disruption within her one-minute silent...
Grace Higgins
Mar 20, 2019
![A White Paper Ship [Keisuke Sagiyama, Japan, 2014]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_eb44a2b5df2242ba8def25de64f00b64~mv2_d_2880_1610_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_eb44a2b5df2242ba8def25de64f00b64~mv2_d_2880_1610_s_2.webp)
![A White Paper Ship [Keisuke Sagiyama, Japan, 2014]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_eb44a2b5df2242ba8def25de64f00b64~mv2_d_2880_1610_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_eb44a2b5df2242ba8def25de64f00b64~mv2_d_2880_1610_s_2.webp)
A White Paper Ship [Keisuke Sagiyama, Japan, 2014]
At first glance, the serene scenes of mountain lakes and the soothing sounds of rushing water in Keisuke Sagiyama’s A White Paper Ship...
Sally Roberts
Mar 19, 2019
![For Pepper [Rebecca Singleton, Ireland, 2018] /// Purgatorium [Kamil Iwanowicz, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_35a607ed027a4e6fbff59897d2ef9752~mv2_d_2797_1575_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_35a607ed027a4e6fbff59897d2ef9752~mv2_d_2797_1575_s_2.webp)
![For Pepper [Rebecca Singleton, Ireland, 2018] /// Purgatorium [Kamil Iwanowicz, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_35a607ed027a4e6fbff59897d2ef9752~mv2_d_2797_1575_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_35a607ed027a4e6fbff59897d2ef9752~mv2_d_2797_1575_s_2.webp)
For Pepper [Rebecca Singleton, Ireland, 2018] /// Purgatorium [Kamil Iwanowicz, UK, 2018]
Explaining the concept of death to a child can be incredibly challenging, since we can never know how that child will react. They might...
Vincent Dolan
Mar 17, 2019
![Lovesick [Andrew Hamblin, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_77afa61b083942bf8f274e1205b7a945~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_77afa61b083942bf8f274e1205b7a945~mv2.webp)
![Lovesick [Andrew Hamblin, UK, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_77afa61b083942bf8f274e1205b7a945~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_77afa61b083942bf8f274e1205b7a945~mv2.webp)
Lovesick [Andrew Hamblin, UK, 2018]
We have all experienced heartbreak at some point in our lives, whether it is the loss of a loved one, the ending of a friendship or the...
Gabriella Florence Kumah
Mar 17, 2019
![The Latent Image [Alexander Birrell, UK/Canada, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d2e10c0ac32f45a6b6202d2bced17672~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_d2e10c0ac32f45a6b6202d2bced17672~mv2.webp)
![The Latent Image [Alexander Birrell, UK/Canada, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d2e10c0ac32f45a6b6202d2bced17672~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_d2e10c0ac32f45a6b6202d2bced17672~mv2.webp)
The Latent Image [Alexander Birrell, UK/Canada, 2018]
An atmospheric short film from British director Alexander Birrell, The Latent Image tells the story of Robert Walsh, a writer who has...
Charlie Greep
Mar 14, 2019
![SHORT FOCUS 2018: Close Enough [Mahdi Hosseingholi & Mojtaba Zarghampour, Iran, 2018] /// Wear Y](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0b12f8af21ba4afc94c47146906912e4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_0b12f8af21ba4afc94c47146906912e4~mv2.webp)
![SHORT FOCUS 2018: Close Enough [Mahdi Hosseingholi & Mojtaba Zarghampour, Iran, 2018] /// Wear Y](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0b12f8af21ba4afc94c47146906912e4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_0b12f8af21ba4afc94c47146906912e4~mv2.webp)
SHORT FOCUS 2018: Close Enough [Mahdi Hosseingholi & Mojtaba Zarghampour, Iran, 2018] /// Wear Y
Confusion, fear, curiosity. These are some of the emotions directors Mahdi Hosseingholi and Mojtaba Zarghampour channel through their...
Grace Higgins
Mar 13, 2019
![Memories of Ladywell Baths [David Stock, UK, 2018] /// The Cost of Living [Pamela Falkenberg & J](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_b93ea9434abd40e985034182278caa86~mv2_d_2880_1616_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_b93ea9434abd40e985034182278caa86~mv2_d_2880_1616_s_2.webp)
![Memories of Ladywell Baths [David Stock, UK, 2018] /// The Cost of Living [Pamela Falkenberg & J](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_b93ea9434abd40e985034182278caa86~mv2_d_2880_1616_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_b93ea9434abd40e985034182278caa86~mv2_d_2880_1616_s_2.webp)
Memories of Ladywell Baths [David Stock, UK, 2018] /// The Cost of Living [Pamela Falkenberg & J
The film follows the chronological journey of Ladywell from a Victorian bathhouse to a modern day play centre.
Sally Roberts
Mar 9, 2019
![Disintegrants [John Harlan Norris, USA, 2017 /// Going to the Mattresses [Mary Beth Reed, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_2186c24ab4a44de092ae33f6cfeea5fa~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_191,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_2186c24ab4a44de092ae33f6cfeea5fa~mv2.webp)
![Disintegrants [John Harlan Norris, USA, 2017 /// Going to the Mattresses [Mary Beth Reed, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_2186c24ab4a44de092ae33f6cfeea5fa~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_412,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_2186c24ab4a44de092ae33f6cfeea5fa~mv2.webp)
Disintegrants [John Harlan Norris, USA, 2017 /// Going to the Mattresses [Mary Beth Reed, USA, 2018]
As myriad abstract shapes and floating objects move at a reassuring pace across the screen, the mind instantly throws up memories of...
Sam Briggs
Mar 9, 2019
![Rachel [Indigo Bates, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_1575128d40574302896f84b8cc482a52~mv2_d_2880_1215_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_1575128d40574302896f84b8cc482a52~mv2_d_2880_1215_s_2.webp)
![Rachel [Indigo Bates, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_1575128d40574302896f84b8cc482a52~mv2_d_2880_1215_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_1575128d40574302896f84b8cc482a52~mv2_d_2880_1215_s_2.webp)
Rachel [Indigo Bates, USA, 2018]
Rachel is a film with a clever narrative structure, an example of brave and incisive narrative filmmaking and a piece that that showcases a
Jim Rogers
Mar 7, 2019