![For Liberty [Roan Bibby, USA, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ca9de1ddcc5b4ab9ba84f31bef4a768e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ca9de1ddcc5b4ab9ba84f31bef4a768e~mv2.webp)
![For Liberty [Roan Bibby, USA, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ca9de1ddcc5b4ab9ba84f31bef4a768e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ca9de1ddcc5b4ab9ba84f31bef4a768e~mv2.webp)
For Liberty [Roan Bibby, USA, 2017]
The film opens with a dream sequence of our protagonist Jim peering through a telescope at a bikini-clad woman in sunglasses. He wakes...
Patricia Watney
Nov 3, 2018
![A City of Nature [Felicity Silverthorne, Ireland, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_e898dc8f96504bddb1b2c9d90e47fa86~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_e898dc8f96504bddb1b2c9d90e47fa86~mv2.webp)
![A City of Nature [Felicity Silverthorne, Ireland, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_e898dc8f96504bddb1b2c9d90e47fa86~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_e898dc8f96504bddb1b2c9d90e47fa86~mv2.webp)
A City of Nature [Felicity Silverthorne, Ireland, 2017]
A City of Nature is a 5-minute documentary about environmental conservation efforts in Galway, Ireland. It is a very low-budget ‘talking...
Walt Eastfield
Nov 3, 2018
![SHORT FOCUS 2018: Iconoclast [Alex Haney, USA, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_8fbe95a78e8b4e3e9f84b0117e78e5bd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_8fbe95a78e8b4e3e9f84b0117e78e5bd~mv2.webp)
![SHORT FOCUS 2018: Iconoclast [Alex Haney, USA, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_8fbe95a78e8b4e3e9f84b0117e78e5bd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_8fbe95a78e8b4e3e9f84b0117e78e5bd~mv2.webp)
SHORT FOCUS 2018: Iconoclast [Alex Haney, USA, 2017]
Alex Haney’s Iconoclast is a bold and compelling exploration of shame and denial told through the eyes of a black, Jewish and gay...
Walt Eastfield
Nov 1, 2018
![Kachō Fūgetsu [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2016]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0fedfc3c6c524d449d6c51c3ea92173e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_0fedfc3c6c524d449d6c51c3ea92173e~mv2.webp)
![Kachō Fūgetsu [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2016]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0fedfc3c6c524d449d6c51c3ea92173e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_0fedfc3c6c524d449d6c51c3ea92173e~mv2.webp)
Kachō Fūgetsu [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2016]
The term ‘Kachō Fūgetsu’ can be literally translated to “flower, bird, wind, moon”. A popular idiom in Japanese culture, taken in its...
Patricia Watney
Oct 31, 2018
![Connected Colours [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2016]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d2580ca96da4427c9f0a3b27f5039b89~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_d2580ca96da4427c9f0a3b27f5039b89~mv2.webp)
![Connected Colours [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2016]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d2580ca96da4427c9f0a3b27f5039b89~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_d2580ca96da4427c9f0a3b27f5039b89~mv2.webp)
Connected Colours [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2016]
Connected Colours is one of Nobumichi Asai’s earliest ventures in the world of face mapping technology and in this way feels more like a...
Patricia Watney
Oct 31, 2018
![Connected Flower [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_dbe90bbd2a744425948b60d23b99475d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_dbe90bbd2a744425948b60d23b99475d~mv2.webp)
![Connected Flower [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_dbe90bbd2a744425948b60d23b99475d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_dbe90bbd2a744425948b60d23b99475d~mv2.webp)
Connected Flower [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]
Nobumichi Asai’s Connected Flower is for more optimistic in outlook in comparison to his two films in the Inori series (see previous...
Patricia Watney
Oct 31, 2018
![We Pray All Nukes Will Eternally Disappear from the World [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_dbd6d58e7daf487dadf9a8e9fd329847~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_dbd6d58e7daf487dadf9a8e9fd329847~mv2.webp)
![We Pray All Nukes Will Eternally Disappear from the World [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_dbd6d58e7daf487dadf9a8e9fd329847~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_dbd6d58e7daf487dadf9a8e9fd329847~mv2.webp)
We Pray All Nukes Will Eternally Disappear from the World [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]
Another sensitive and challenging short film from Nobumichi Asai, We Pray All Nukes Will Eternally Disappear from the World is also...
Patricia Watney
Oct 31, 2018
![SHORT FOCUS 2018: Inori (Prayer) [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_019662a707084ddeba4241d50993e62e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_019662a707084ddeba4241d50993e62e~mv2.webp)
![SHORT FOCUS 2018: Inori (Prayer) [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_019662a707084ddeba4241d50993e62e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_019662a707084ddeba4241d50993e62e~mv2.webp)
SHORT FOCUS 2018: Inori (Prayer) [Nobumichi Asai, Japan, 2017]
The 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami is the inspiration behind this technically mind-blowing and visually powerful short performance...
Dean Archibald-Smith
Oct 30, 2018
![To the Ends of the Fingertips [Roswitha Chesher, UK, 2016]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d65c845c5dad4a93aff93bc6d6892383~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_375,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_d65c845c5dad4a93aff93bc6d6892383~mv2.webp)
![To the Ends of the Fingertips [Roswitha Chesher, UK, 2016]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_d65c845c5dad4a93aff93bc6d6892383~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_210,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_d65c845c5dad4a93aff93bc6d6892383~mv2.webp)
To the Ends of the Fingertips [Roswitha Chesher, UK, 2016]
What does freedom really mean? If one were to be truly free, how would the time be spent? Indeed, can we ever truly be free? These are...
Patricia Watney
Oct 30, 2018
![SHORT FOCUS 2018 – JURY PRIZE: XCTRY [Bill Brown, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_350ab3a58747492aa0063f5d07f65266~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_334,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_350ab3a58747492aa0063f5d07f65266~mv2.webp)
![SHORT FOCUS 2018 – JURY PRIZE: XCTRY [Bill Brown, USA, 2018]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_350ab3a58747492aa0063f5d07f65266~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_236,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_350ab3a58747492aa0063f5d07f65266~mv2.webp)
SHORT FOCUS 2018 – JURY PRIZE: XCTRY [Bill Brown, USA, 2018]
Bill Brown’s paean to the romance of the road is a wonderfully constructed visual journal and an artful document that elegantly captures...
Michael K. Adler
Oct 30, 2018