Some vivid and effervescent talent is on display here in this selection of short films nominated in the 2013 Baftas. For me, the best is The Curse, about a young woman in Morocco who finds that a gaggle of malign kids have got a hold over her. It has real dramatic force: I wonder if director Fyzal Boulifa has considered developing it as a feature-length project? Eamonn O'Neill's I'm Fine Thanks is a raw and unexpectedly disturbing animation about a young man's anger, alienation and depression: O'Neill's graphics remind me of the work of Chris Ware. Good Night, directed by Muriel d'Ansembourg, is a engaging if flawed study – perhaps influenced by Catherine Breillat – of two teenage girls out on the town and out of their depth. The most disappointing item, very surprisingly, is by the biggest name: Swimmer by Lynne Ramsay – a glossy, monochrome product that looks like one of Jonathan Glazer's Guinness ads.