Film Festival Category

Film Festival, Sponsored

Ten Cutting-Edge Short Films Screening at Bolton Film Festival 2024

After exploring the bounty of excellent films on show at Bolton Film Festival 2024, DN highlights our list of ten must-watch shorts screening next month.

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Film Festival, Sponsored

Celebrating the Innovation and Growth of Conero Film + Adv 2024

DN returns to the unique festival that is Conero Film + Adv in the heart of Italy for its 2nd year honouring excellence in sustainable cinema and advertising.

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Animation, Film Festival

10 Must-Catch Shorts From 2024’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival

DN offers up ten recommended short film picks from the 2024 programme at Annecy, the world's leading film festival specialising in animation.

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Awards, Documentary, Film Festival

Elahe Esmaili Documents the Reaction to the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement on a Familial Level in ‘A Move’

Elahe Esmaili explains the intimate, family-centric perspective of the Woman, Life, Freedom protest movement that she wanted to capture in her doc short.

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Documentary, Film Festival

Duncan Cowles on His Signature Deadpan Style and ‘Silent Men’ the Feature Film Culmination of a Decade of Shorts

Duncan Cowles speaks to us about his new shorts 'Outlets' 'Sighscapes' and 'Desire Lines', and the upcoming premiere of his debut documentary feature film.

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Awards, Film Festival

WeAreDN Awards Winners Announcement

And the WeAreDN Awards winning films are...

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Film Festival, Live Action

Romance is as Mysterious as the Currency Market in Francisco Lezama’s Berlinale-Winning ‘An Odd Turn’

Francisco Lezama expresses how a love of Balzac and Argentina's current fraught economic reality shaped his Berlinale Golden Bear-winning short film.

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Awards, Film Festival

Presenting the Inaugural WeAreDN Awards

We're delighted to present the WeAreDn Awards, a celebration of the best films from DN's 2023 official submissions, taking place on the 25th of April.

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Film Festival

The Best Short Films at SXSW 2024

A highlight of the annual festival circuit, we take a look at the 2024 line-up of SXSW and champion 10 short films you absolutely have to see.

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Film Festival

Ten Standout Shorts From Berlinale 2024

From pencil animation to lo-fi romance, playful documentaries to mesmerising metafictions, here are our top 10 films from the Berlinale Shorts 2024 programme.

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Film Festival

Ten Eye-Catching Shorts at the 2024 National Film and Television School Graduate Showcase

Covering films featured in the Fiction, Animation and Comedy programmes, DN highlights ten shorts screening as part of the 2024 NFTS Graduate Showcase.

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Film Festival

10 Stellar Shorts by Upcoming Filmmakers at London Film School’s 2024 Graduate Showcase

Celebrating the best shorts by promising graduate filmmakers, DN spotlights the films on offer at London Film School's 2024 showcase.

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