Film Festival Category

Film Festival, Live Action

Premiere Japan 2010: New Japanese Cinema

Premiere Japan was a great opportunity to catch up on recent Japanese titles that had, for one reason or another, been ignored by U.K. distributors and

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Film Festival, Live Action

GrimmFest 2010: Amer

One of the best films DN caught at Manchester’s Grimm Up North horror film festival was barely a horror film at all, at least not in the modern sense,

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Film Festival, Podcasts

DN UnderWire

Underwire Film Festival had its launch last Thursday and I had the pleasure of being there. A festival that aims to showcase the raw cinematic talents of

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Editing

The final category shown at UnderWire was Editing. Probably the largest part of the industry still predominantly known as a man’s job, years ago in the

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Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Directing

The directing category brought along two films right up my street- beautifully shot and composed, yet sinister and dark. Beautiful Enough is a haunting but

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Film Festival, News

Zipangu Fest: Nippon Year Zero

Oh what to do on a chilly Tuesday night in London? The answer you’re obviously searching for is; watch the very best Japanese independent and

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Film Festival

UnderWire: Cinematography

There was one film that will undoubtedly win this category. Sis, written and directed by Deborah Haywood and shot by Director of Photography Gabi Norland

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Film Festival, Live Action

LIFF2010: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

The surprise winner of the Palme d’Or earlier this year at Cannes Film Festival, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives constitutes the final part of a

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Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Producing

Pussy is a somewhat lighthearted delivery of a much more serious subject. Ellie is being sexually bullied by a boy at her school, Rocco. With constant

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Film Festival, Live Action

LIFF2010: Tsai Ming-Liang

Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang is one of the key personalities of the international new wave of slow-cinema and a figure that has continuously strived to

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Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Screenwriting

The two films I’ve chosen to mention from UnderWire’s Screenwriting category were actually old favourites of mine from a past Filmstock Festival (RIP)

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Documentary, Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Representation

The opening night of the first ever UnderWire Film Festival began on Thursday with five short films within the Representation category. This category was

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