Live Action Category

Live Action, Premiere

Jack Weatherley’s Poetic Short ‘The Hope You Promised Love’ Beautifully Blends Real and Virtual Cinematography

Jack Weatherley reflects on the mix of virtual & traditional cinematography seamlessly combined in his balletic short ‘The Hope You Promised Love’

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A brief but energetic 3-minute SFX short, Star Wars – Call of the Empire from director Trevor Kerr imagines what would have happened if those loyal to the Empire would have kept fighting after Return of the Jedi

Asides, Live Action

Thunder Road

You’ve never seen grief expressed quite like it is in Jim Cummings' painfully captivating single continuous take short 'Thunder Road'.

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Live Action

Jeroen Houben Rediscovers the Joy of a Luxury Hotel Stay in ‘Home Suite Home’

For most of us a hotel stay is something we associate with the joy of escaping the daily grind for a period of carefree freedom where beds make themselves and

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Live Action

Jessica Barclay Lawton Finds Compassion in the Arms of a Stranger in Touching Short ‘We Keep on Dancing’

DN talks to Director Jessica Barclay Lawton & Writer Rhys Mitchell about their surprisingly tender empathetic short ‘We Keep on Dancing’.

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Ryan Moody Chronicles the Lives of School Shooting Victims in his Powerful Nonpartisan Short ‘Obituaries‘

DN speaks to Director Ryan Moody about reframing the focus of mass shootings to the lives of the victims and those they leave behind in his new short

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Live Action

Bloody Revenge is the Order of the Day in The Halsall Brothers’ ‘100 Bullets: Dead Ghosts’ Web Series

Filmmaking siblings The Halsall Brothers return to DN with ‘100 Bullets: Dead Ghosts’, a web series based on the celebrated comic which relocates the

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Live Action

Anna Maguire Makes a Declaration of Relationship Independence in ‘She Would Move the Tree Rather More to the Middle’

From well meaning parental wishes to the dominance of ‘happy ever after’ endings, the idea of the unity of the romantic couple is pretty much a

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Live Action

Bailey Tom Bailey Contemplates the Joy of Holy Agony in 48hr Body Drama ‘Circadian Rhythms’

Director Bailey Tom Bailey join us to discuss how he went about producing body drama short ‘Circadian Rhythms’ under the time-restrictive rules of the

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN338: Sheep & Sibling Strife – Grimur Hakonarson on his Cannes Winning Feature ‘Rams’

A film filled with deep humour and an even deeper humanity, DN sits down with Icelandic Director Grimur Hakonarson to discuss his Un Certain Regard winning

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Live Action, Premiere

Brendan Beachman Finds Dirt, Greed and Destiny in the Desert in Dark Satirical Comedy ‘Intersection’

Director Brendan Beachman discusses creating surprise desert explosions and avoiding ant casualties on his darkly satirical new short ‘Intersection.’

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Live Action

Director Nick Peterson Offers Backers the Opportunity to Star in his Latest Film

Looking for help crowdfunding his latest film 'Sticky Fingers', director Nick Peterson joins us to discuss the benefits of rotoscoping and what backers can

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