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Live Action

Luuk Walschot Looks Beyond Superficial Divisions in the Hope of Greater Unity in ‘Union Jake’

Luuk Walschot asks why we can't put our efforts into finding what unites rather than divides us in his challenging identity short 'Union Jake'.

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Documentary, Premiere

Ben Dean Throws Us Headlong Into the Infectiously Subversive Mind of a Larger Than Life-Sized Artist in ‘Kitt’

Ben Dean explains how he used a mixture of formats to capture the essence of larger than life-sized artist Kitt Bennett in kinetic profile doc 'KITT'.

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Live Action

Dominic Hicks Lifts the Veil of Online Persona to Reveal the Dark Side of Human Behaviour in ‘Amazonia’

Dominic Hicks delivers a deliciously dark triptych of twisted tales about alienation and obsession based on real amazon.com reviews in 'Amazonia'.

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Live Action, Premiere

Family and Religion Make for Disturbing Bedfellows in Robert Linsley’s Psychological Thriller ‘Ritual’

A local cop finds himself embroiled in a dangerous game of cat & mouse with a devoutly religious family in Robert Linsley's psychological horror 'Ritual'.

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Live Action, Premiere

Paul Nevison Opens Our Eyes to Hidden Exploitation in His Duo of ‘Can You See Me?’ Campaign Films

Paul Nevison takes DN through the creation of his duo of shorts showing the dark reality of modern-day slavery for charity A21's Can You See Me? campaign.

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Art & Fashion

Cynical Smile Expresses the Mental Toll of Life in the Age of Distraction in Discordant Short ‘Fracture’

Cynical Smile talks to us about combining movement and sound design for his discordant meditation on the mental turmoil of life in the age of distraction.

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Art & Fashion, Documentary, Premiere

A Supermodel Embraces Her Inner Feline in Gabriel Juduc’s Surrealistic Fashion Portrait ‘This Is Marta’

Sitting somewhere between portrait doc and fashion film Gabriel Juduc offers up a surrealist view of the intimate life of a supermodel in 'This is Marta'.

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Music Video

Fernando Moreira Conjures a Ritual of Self-Protection and Preservation for Brazil in ‘Eu Não Te Conheço’

Fernando Moreira reveals how he channelled Brazilian trio Tuyo’s rituals of self-protection into transcendental music video 'Eu Não Te Conheço'.

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Art & Fashion

Joan Bosch Contemplates the Desire for a Body Without a Soul in Experimental Short ‘Diary of Hidden Bodies’

Director Joan Bosch contemplates the desire to become merely matter, a physical body devoid of a soul in experimental short 'Diary of Hidden Bodies'.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Trio of Teenage Boys Struggle for Validation in Marius Myrmel’s Intimate Portrait of Masculinity ‘Armor’

Marius Myrmel explains why he felt compelled to create an intimate portrait of 3 teenage boys struggling to gain validation from their peers in 'Armor'.

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Music Video

Zak Marx Provides a Shotgun Point-Of-View of Lovers on the Run in Oscar Scheller’s Runaway’

Zak Marx captures the consequences and coincidences of lovers on the run from a new perspective in shotgun-view Oscar Scheller music video 'Runaway'.

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Premiere

A Seductive Serpent Traps a Pair of Women in a Parallel Reality in Muzaluci’s Psychedelic Fashion Thriller

Juan Manuel Pinzón, Tata Persico & Paco Gorriz discuss the joy & pain of being given full creative freedom on their psychedelic MUZALUCI fashion thriller.

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