November, 2010 Archive

Film Festival, News

Zipangu Fest: Nippon Year Zero

Oh what to do on a chilly Tuesday night in London? The answer you’re obviously searching for is; watch the very best Japanese independent and

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Film Festival

UnderWire: Cinematography

There was one film that will undoubtedly win this category. Sis, written and directed by Deborah Haywood and shot by Director of Photography Gabi Norland

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN186: PS Your Mystery Sender – Benjamin Wigley

World renowned fashion designer Paul Smith has been receiving random objects through the post for the past 20 years from person(s) unknown. Long time DN friend

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Film Festival, Live Action

LIFF2010: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

The surprise winner of the Palme d’Or earlier this year at Cannes Film Festival, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives constitutes the final part of a

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Live Action

Chatter

It’s not often you get an effective horror in short form, but there’s something about Chatter from Leo Resnes, that just works. Maybe it’s

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Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Producing

Pussy is a somewhat lighthearted delivery of a much more serious subject. Ellie is being sexually bullied by a boy at her school, Rocco. With constant

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Film Festival, Live Action

LIFF2010: Tsai Ming-Liang

Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang is one of the key personalities of the international new wave of slow-cinema and a figure that has continuously strived to

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Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Screenwriting

The two films I’ve chosen to mention from UnderWire’s Screenwriting category were actually old favourites of mine from a past Filmstock Festival (RIP)

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Documentary, Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Representation

The opening night of the first ever UnderWire Film Festival began on Thursday with five short films within the Representation category. This category was

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Film Festival, Live Action

LIFF2010: Never Let Me Go

An adaptation of an acclaimed and beloved novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go paints a conceptually alternative world with a very familiar visual

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Animation

Bottle

In recent years, we’ve seen animations made from people, we’ve seen animations made of paper, we’ve seen animations sprayed on walls and

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Art & Fashion, Asides

Street Dance

Robin Cantrell’s cracked the secret formula for getting featured on DN; Film people dancing in the street and soundtrack it with Grizzly Bear, simple as

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