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10 Unforgettable Short Films DN Spotted at Sarajevo Film Festival 2026

A bold, strange and unforgettable selection lights up this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival, bringing fresh voices and unexpected stories to the screen.

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Film Festival

Filmmakers of the Future: 10 Essential Shorts from the Locarno Film Festival

From war and political unrest to grief, tech and climate crisis, these 10 Locarno shorts showcase the radical, inventive voices shaping cinema's future.

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Animation, Film Festival

10 Astonishing Animations from Annecy’s 50th Edition

DN takes a closer look at the 2026 short film programme at Annecy, selecting 10 wondrous titles for you to keep an eye out for.

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Film Festival

Tender, Hopeful and Human: 10 Must-Watch Shorts from Tribeca 2026

As Tribeca wraps up its 25th edition of the well respected film festival, DN picks out 10 shorts—tender and affecting tales of belonging, identity and home.

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Film Festival

10 Genre-Spanning Short Films That Capture the Essence of SXSW London 2026

DN takes a closer look at the wide short film selection of the second edition of SXSW London, selecting 10 must-watch titles for you to hunt down.

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Film Festival, Live Action

Cannes Double-Hitter Vida Skerk Finds Solidarity in the Industrial Sublime in Haunting ‘Left Behind, Still Standing’

Vida Skerk's second consecutive La Cinef Cannes selected short binds a closing British steelworks and the immigrant overseeing it into one haunted reckoning.

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Animation, Film Festival

Fanny Capu Unburdens the Next Generation From the Suffocating Weight of Legacy in Stop-Motion Cannes Short ‘Pickled’

Fanny Capu on engineering a dancing puppet for her grad NFTS Cannes premiering short that asks what each generation is owed and what heritage it can discard.

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Awards, Film Festival

WeAreDN Awards 2026 – The Winners

Yesterday we marked 20 years of DN at the WeAreDN Awards 2026. For those not in the room, watch the winning films and read our interviews with the awardees.

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Film Festival, Live Action

“It Is an Infectious Product” Designing a 45-Year-Old Masterpiece: Muzaffar Ali on ‘Umrao Jaan’s’ Timeless Appeal

45 years on, Muzaffar Ali unpacks how a painter's eye, a poet's ear and Lucknow's Kathak heritage shaped the timeless femininity of his bio-epic.

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Animation, Film Festival

10 Short Films that Capture the Spirit of Cardiff Animation Festival 2026

Here are the 10 standout shorts from Cardiff Animation Festival - each one showcasing a distinct and exciting voice in animation.

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Awards, Film Festival

Directors Notes Presents the WeAreDN Awards 2026 & Twenty Years of Supporting Indie Filmmakers

Three years of the WeAreDN Awards. Twenty years of Directors Notes. Presenting our biggest celebration yet!

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Film Festival, Sponsored

10 Audacious, Bold and Unstoppable Short Films Screening at NFFTY 2026

From animated shorts to documentaries, experimental pieces to music videos, NFFTY 2026 arrives with a packed programme of striking range and ambition.

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