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Dasha Gushchina’s ‘Slaughterhouse-Six’ is a Bracing Balletic Response to Russia’s Descent into Fascism

With militaristic movements on a barren landscape, Dasha Gushchina discusses crafting a brutal ballet as a direct response to unthinkable monstrosities.

Live Action

A Young Girl’s World Is Torn Apart in Yuchao Feng’s Heartbreaking Child Abandonment Short ‘Pearl’

Yuchao Feng reveals how a revelatory phone call with his mother inspired him to make 'Pearl', the tragic story of a young girl abandoned by her family.

Live Action

A Remote Syrian Refugee Orchestrates His Family’s Migration Over the Phone in Truls Krane Meby’s ‘Mobile’

Truls Krane Meby walks DN through the challenges of conveying an honest on-screen representation of the migration experience for refugee drama 'Mobile'.

Live Action, Premiere

Graham Hill Explores the Ties That Bind Male Relationships in Short Drama ‘The Dry Line’

A friendship between two musicians is tested when career ambitions come to fruition in Graham Hill's short male relationship drama 'The Dry Line'.

Live Action

Lily Rose Thomas Challenges the Perception of Women and Alcoholism in Drama Short ‘Girls Who Drink’

DN talks personal stories, maintaining aesthetics, and balancing multiple narratives with Lily Rose Thomas, writer/director of 'Girls Who Drink'.

Live Action

Her Friend Adam

Sexual insecurity spawns jealousy, despair and spiteful recriminations in Ben Petrie’s powerful Sundance award winning short.

Asides, Live Action

Thunder Road

You’ve never seen grief expressed quite like it is in Jim Cummings' painfully captivating single continuous take short 'Thunder Road'.