I feel very much ideologically, politically if you like, and emotionally part of the European cinema.
In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.
But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem.

