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Art & Fashion

The Frivolity of a Co-Dependent Friendship Takes a Turn Towards Toxic in Waley Wang’s ‘Julie & I’

A co-dependent pair of femmes' closer than close friendship tips into the realm of toxicity in Waley Wang's whimsical anti-fashion flick 'Julie & I'.

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Documentary

Scott Perry Illustrates the Power of Heroes to Pave the Way in Inspirational Nike Spot ‘Queens Lead’

Scott Perry walks DN through inspirational Nike spot 'Queens Lead' - an exhilarating illustration of how personal heroes pave the way for future Queens.

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Live Action

An Actress Is Pushed Beyond Her Emotional Limits in the Name of Art in Armand De Saint-Salvy’s ‘The Craft’

We speak to writer/director Armand De Saint-Salvy about his raw emotional drama 'The Craft' - a cautionary tale about an actress pushed beyond her limits.

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Art & Fashion

A Basketball Player Triumphs Over Self-Doubt in Walter Stoehr’s Stunning Genesis Adaptation ‘My Kingdom Come’

Walter Stoehr talks about recasting the serpent from the Book of Genesis as a force of self-actualisation in biblical basketball short 'My Kingdom Come'.

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Live Action, Premiere

Robert Hackett Challenges Preconceived Notions and Genre Expectations in Directors UK Short ‘Special Delivery’

A weary postman trudges through the snow, making deliveries to all but one door in Robert Hackett's preconception challenging short 'Special Delivery'.

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Live Action

Chris A. Neal Weaves a Much Needed Modern Day Good Samaritan Story in ‘Today You, Tomorrow Me’

Chris A. Neal reveals how an internet comment led him to challenge the idea of who our neighbours are in Good Samaritan short 'Today You, Tomorrow Me'.

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Art & Fashion, Premiere

Alena Shevchenko Hesitates to Make the First Move in Playful Will She Won’t She Short ‘I’ll Say It First’

Director Alena Shevchenko clues us into the inspirations she drew from the Soviet era for her playful will she won't she short 'I'll Say It First'.

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Art & Fashion

Nina Gofur Captures the Dissociation Experienced by Marginalised Womxn in Experimental Short ‘Phantasmagoria’

Nina Gofur guides DN through the interplay of image and music behind the beauty laced horror of her dual reality experimental short 'Phantasmagoria'.

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Live Action

Andre Muir Challenges Our Collective Acceptance of Gun Violence in Forthright Minimalist Short ‘4 Corners’

Andre Muir discusses why and how he structured his minimalist short examining gun violence in Chicago '4 Corners' as a provocation against indifference.

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Music Video

A Meditation on Time and Nostalgia Luke Orlando Reminds Us There’s No Place Like Home in ‘Love’

Luke Orlando discusses his beautifully evocative ode to the spaces we love and the ways in which that love manifests in the objects we hold close.

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Music Video

A Soldier Runs the Gauntlet of a Futuristic War in Augusto De Fraga’s Apocalyptic Love Story ‘Hear From You’

Beset on all sides a soldier doggedly battles through the dangers of a futuristic war to be reunited with his love in Augusto Fraga's 'Hear From You'.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Bereaved Son Falls Into a Drug Fuelled Spiral in Craig Dean Devine’s Meditation on Grief ‘Chinaski’

Craig Dean Devine takes DN through the cathartic process of creating 'Chinaski', a dizzying look into the grief of losing an estranged father.

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