Documentary Category

Asides, Documentary, Premiere

The Perfect Sheet

Travis Wood captures the inspiring passion of Zamboni driver Brian LeDuc for a job well done in profile documentary short 'The Perfect Sheet'.

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Documentary, Music Video

Jackson Tisi Charts the Long Road of Perseverance to ‘Championships’ in His Meek Mill Spotify Doc

Jackson Tisi reveals how he expanded the scope of his Spotify commissioned doc in order to reveal the long hard road Meek Mill traversed to Championships.

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Asides, Documentary

Into Music

Edgar Ferreira unveils the jigsaw of elements which coalesce into perfection on stage in his impressive one-shot tour of the Gulbenkian Orchestra.

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Documentary

Matt Dempsey Looks at an Alternative to the UK Knife Crime Crisis in Doc Short ‘Knives Down, Bikes Up’

Matt Dempsey shares how he captured the story of a group riders hoping to break down barriers and create a sense of community in 'Knives Down, Bikes Up'.

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Art & Fashion, Documentary, Premiere

Adrian Vieni Takes a Deep Dive Into the Tumultuous Mind of the Artist in ‘Prōˌses’

Adrian Vieni talks to DN about taking a deep dive into the emotions, anxieties and fears of artist Dina Roudman in the creation of her art in 'Prōˌses'.

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Article, Documentary, Live Action, Music Video

Directors Notes Top 20 Filmmaker Conversations of 2018

Team DN put our collective heads together to curate a list of the 20 favourite filmmaker conversations we had in 2018.

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Documentary

Tam Tam – Outside the Lines

Greg Hackett explores the meaning of 'identity' for an Italian youth basketball team of immigrant children in short doc 'Tam Tam – Outside the Lines'.

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Art & Fashion, Documentary

Underwater Dancer Julie Gautier Goes in Search of What’s Hidden in Shern Sharma’s Lyrical Documentary ‘Xibalba’

Shern Sharma joins us to discuss besting the challenges of underwater filming and Mexico's weather for his lyrical Julie Gautier documentary 'Xibalba'.

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Documentary, Music Video

Jonny Look Goes in Search of the Perfect Sound in Absurd Fruit Bats Documentary ‘Getting In A Van Again’

Jonny Look tells DN how he documented Fruit Bat's Eric D. Johnson's absurd quest to create a song infused with real emotions in 'Getting In A Van Again'.

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Documentary

See How Technology Is Helping to Turn the Tables on Illegal Hunters in Ben Falk’s ‘Hunting the Poachers’

Ben Falk talks to DN about the challenges of capturing the important conservation work of Kenya’s Masai Mara Rangers in doc short 'Hunting the Poachers'.

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Asides, Documentary

If You Knew

Stroma Cairns' 'If You Knew' documents the fraternal bond between a pair of hearing impaired teenage twins as they put recent differences behind them.

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Documentary

Adi Halfin Reveals How India’s First Female Pro Skateborder Atita Verghese Is Fighting Outmoded Gender Roles

In her inspiring profile doc for Toyota Adi Halfin reveals how India’s first female pro skateboarder Atita Verghese is fighting outmoded gender roles.

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