To be or not to be — oneself? A film by James Cleave.

A cat at her wits end speed-runs her Nine Lives.

A review of the short film 'Brett was a F*ck' (written by Keith Rubin, dir. by Keith Rubin & Lauren Sowa).

An emotional thriller that had me on the edge of my seat, Kate Driver's debut short doesn't want to tread old ground.

Director Sai Karan Talwar's I Am The Prize unpicks the constructed personalities of the men behind "red pill" ideology and the Manosphere, but fails to consider the victims of it.

Two Iranian women on opposite sides of the world are moved to protest, no matter the cost.

The need for connection in a big, unfriendly city drives two women to the edge in this universal, sad but hopeful short.

A Palestinian woman in trouble, danger lurking in the darkness on the road to Ramallah, and a tire iron.

A sweet short in which masculinity lingers in its absence as two girls grow closer, despite an avoidable gulf.

Something to interpret! Colours leak, run, and flash in this experimental archival collage drawn from old Iranian films.

Palestinian voices and perspectives echo on the capital streets of liberal democracies that ignore them.

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_Here at OBSCURAE, we 've always championed short storytelling as the hunting ground for your next favourite filmmaker – and encouraged you not to skip the shorts programme! Welcome back to our Short film review series, _ _Sweet and Short_ _._

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The new BBC backed short by Femi Oladigbolu conquers in fourteen minutes what many hour long films hope to.

Out on iPlayer today, short film FLINT unfolds with patterns, connections, repetition, and surreal sequences [that] are becoming a signature in Khalid’s storytelling style. It’s what pulled me in while watching his first feature film “In Camera” and has me coming back to new projects.

Suhaila dives into Khalid's process creating his award-winning short film, which is available on BBC iPlayer from February 27th -- mild spoilers ahead.