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10 Essential Short Films from London Film Festival 2023

DN throws a spotlight on ten short films which are definitely watch-list worthy from the 2023 edition of the BFI London Film Festival.

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Film Festival

67th London Film Festival Preview: Stars Abound

DN dives into the auteur-packed lineup of films screening at the 2023 edition of London Film Festival, offering our guidance on what to watch.

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Film Festival, Sponsored

Ten Remarkable Short Films To Catch at Bolton Film Festival 2023

DN breaks down the bumper crop of impressive shorts on show at Bolton Film Festival 2023 to a list of ten must-sees.

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Article, Film Festival, Sponsored

Mattia Fiumani on Championing Sustainability in the World of Advertising With New Festival Conero Film + Adv

Mattia Fiumani unpacks the sustainability-driven ethos behind both the programming and infrastructure of the inaugural Conero Film + Adv.

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Film Festival

Reading & Leeds 2023 Cinema Tent…When the Music Stops You Don’t Have To

Keep your adrenaline pumping with our hand picked selection of shorts screening live at the Reading & Leeds Festival Cinema Tents.

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Please Hold the Line

Film Festival

Ten Must-See Shorts Screening at the 19th Annual Hollyshorts

Split between American and international efforts, we pick out 10 fantastic shorts from LA's very own 19th Hollyshorts Film Festival.

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Animation, Film Festival

10 Striking Short Films From the 2023 Edition of Annecy International Animation Film Festival

As Annecy starts to wind down, DN provides a list of ten highlights from the short films featured in this year's impressive programme.

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Film Festival, Live Action

Vathana Suga Suppiah’s ‘Ratthum’ Breaks Free of the Pervasive Shame and Silence Around Infertility

Suga Suppiah discusses using her background in editing to plan the intimate, emotionally charged shots of her poignant Tribeca premiering short.

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Film Festival, Live Action

Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter’s Cannes Special Mention Short ‘FÁR’ Pits the Law of Business Against Nature

Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter shares how she imbued an everyday scenario with a deep moral dilemma through the use of tight frames and an ambiguous tone.

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Animation, Film Festival

Flóra Anna Buda’s Palme d’Or Winning Animation ’27’ Boldly Embraces Sexual Fantasy Within Economic Limbo

Flóra Anna Buda talks about creating a new kind of intimacy in animated erotica in her portrait of a woman's sexual desires and financial restrictions.

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The Red Sea Makes Me Wanna Cry

Film Festival, Live Action

Faris Alrjoob Crafts a Beguiling Mystery of Love with Cannes-Premiering Short ‘The Red Sea Makes Me Wanna Cry’

Through enigmatic voiceover, elliptical editing and gorgeous Super 16mm frames, Faris Alrjoob reveals how he created a mysterious reverie on closure.

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Film Festival, Live Action

Grief & Political Rage Converge in Musa Alderson-Clarke’s Searing Cannes Selected Thriller ‘Killing Boris Johnson’

Musa Alderson-Clarke takes DN through the challenge of baking white hot tension into the fabric of his Cannes premiering short about a young man in turmoil.

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