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![SHORT FOCUS 2021: Yuluu [Fatima Kried, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_eb393025c61143cf98b6e551df4adf77~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_eb393025c61143cf98b6e551df4adf77~mv2.webp)
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...
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![SHORT FOCUS 2021: The Fell Runner [Alex Simpson/Phillip Suddick, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_879d13ec893a46c7ab469ce7c5a6f75f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_210,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_879d13ec893a46c7ab469ce7c5a6f75f~mv2.webp)
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...
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SHORT FOCUS 2021: A Knowing of Loss [Marc Puig Biel, Spain, 2020]
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SHORT FOCUS 2021: Rimi [Nischhal Sharma, India, 2021]
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SHORT FOCUS 2021: Deleve [Roma Glova, Russia, 2020]
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Matthew Procter
Jan 8, 2022
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Moment of Truth [Lea Pfandler, USA, 2022]
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Dean Archibald-Smith
Dec 29, 2021
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Dimanche [Fatty Soprano & Shutterr, Canada, 2021]
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Will Whitehead
Oct 10, 2021
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SHORT FOCUS 2021: So That Nothing Changes [Francescu Artily, France, 2020]
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Nia Jordan
Sep 26, 2021
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All of Our Shadows [Ruth Beni/Daniel Greaves, UK, 2020]
The film details a day in the life of a young boy plagued by anxiety, terrified of the knife crime and gang violence...
Will Whitehead
Aug 8, 2021
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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.
Jordon Briggs
Jul 31, 2021

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