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Animation, Film Festival

The Future of Animation: Six Standout Short Films from the 2025 RCA Grad Show

From bold visuals to inventive storytelling, here are six standout films from the 2025 RCA Show that feel destined for the festival circuit.

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Film Festival

Grief, Thrills & Everything In Between: 10 Unforgettable Short Films at HollyShorts 2025

From 427 films at HollyShorts 2025, Directors Notes spotlights 10 essential shorts in this year's dynamic Oscar-qualifying programme.

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Film Festival

Ten Essential Short Films to Watch From Tribeca’s 2025 Lineup

As the 24th edition of Tribeca draws to a close, DN shares a choice selection of 10 of our favourites from the festival's biggest ever showcase of short films.

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Film Festival, Live Action

A Communication Breakdown Reveals the Simmering Toxicity of a Relationship in Vida Skerk’s Cannes Premiering ‘Ether’

From NFTS first year film to Cannes red carpet: Vida Skerk reflects on embracing subtlety over spectacle for her history making La Cinef selected short film.

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Awards, Film Festival

The WeAreDN Awards 2025 Winners

Join us in reflecting on the WeAreDN Awards 2025 winning shorts and learn how all the films went from ideation to completion in the our making of interviews.

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Awards, Film Festival

Directors Notes Presents: The WeAreDN Awards 2025

After the resounding success of last year’s launch, Directors Notes is thrilled to present our 2025 edition of the WeAreDN Awards.

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Film Festival, Live Action

Banned in India, Beloved at BFI Flare: Onir’s ‘We Are Faheem & Karun’ Tells Kashmir’s First Queer Love Story

Love, hope and apples on the Kashmiri border, DN speaks to Onir about surmounting censorship for his tale of forbidden romance amid the chaos of conflict.

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Film Festival

9 Standout Short Films From BFI Flare 2025

As BFI Flare the UK's largest queer film festival gets underway we share our top 9 short films and tease some of the most exciting world premieres screening.

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Film Festival

The 13 Must-Watch Short Films at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival

If you’re attending SXSW 2025 in person or beaming in virtually via the online platform, these are the 13 short films you won’t want to miss.

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Film Festival, Podcasts

A Roundup of the BFI Future Film Festival 2025

Jesse delves into the experience of attending BFI Future Film Festival 2025 speaking to one of the festival's Young Programmers & three screening filmmakers.

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Film Festival

11 Outstanding Short Films From the 18th BFI Future Film Festival

Having explored the inspiring programme of diverse films at the 18th BFI Future Film Festival here is DN's selection of 11 stand-out shorts you have to see.

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Film Festival

10 Shorts That Demand Attention From Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2025

DN plunged into the outstanding curation at the 47th edition of Clermont-Ferrand to highlight a selection of 10 favourites from this year's dynamic programmes.

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