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Matthew Charof Crashes the Party in Short Film Adaptation ‘Firefly’

In Matthew Charof’s short film 'Firefly', when Remy and Juliet decide to crash a backyard barbecue , it’s not long before events escalate for the worse.

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DN322: Appropriate Behaviour – Desiree Akhavan

We talk to Desiree Akhavan about her theatre roots, embracing her true comedic voice as a director and how post-production persistence eventually won out in

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Exploring the Boundaries of Elliptical Storytelling in Maria Pia Fanigliulo’s ‘Fragments of May’

Director Maria Pia Fanigliulo discusses how she approached crafting an elliptical tale of a young woman battling mental illness in her new short film

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Celebrating the Agoraphobic Weirdo in all of Us in Molly McGlynn’s ‘I Am Not a Weird Person’

In Molly McGlynn’s short 'I Am Not a Weird Person', an altercation on the street forces Emmy to retreat to the confines of her apartment, where her

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Navigating the Twists & Turns of Armen Antranikian’s Psychosexual Short ‘The Girlfriend Game’

Director Armen Antranikian guides us through the production twists and turns of his erotic thriller 'The Girlfriend Game' and explains why movies and sex are

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‘She Wolf’ or How we Ended up in Argentina Without Any Wolves

Awarding-winning directing duo Aggressive take DN behind the scenes of 'She Wolf', their new enigmatic tale of haunted consciences, reincarnation and

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Bringing Change to an Unchanging World in Ani Simon-Kennedy’s Silent Feature ‘Days of Gray’

DN caught up with Director Ani Simon-Kennedy to discover just how she crafted her silent, feature length post-apocalyptic tale of a world without hope in the

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Bickering Brothers Attempt to Outrun the Devil in Rémy Bazerque’s High Octane Sisyphean Short ‘Cerberus’

DN caught up with Rémy Bazerque to discover the secrets behind the high speed chase from the devil in his modern take on the eternal punishment myth.

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Director Kate Herron on why she’s Unleashing her Unromantic Comedy so Close to Valentine’s Day

We speak to writer/director Kate Herron about her recently released short film 'Valentine' and why she thinks it's the perfect film for those "people who want

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Hannu Aukia’s Exposes the Fragility of Modern Romantic Relationships in Short Film ‘Helsinki-Turku’

Director Hannu Aukia’s talks to DN about how he turned a ‘vibe’ between actors into a deeply affecting short about the fragility of modern romantic

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Eric Kole Finds Tenderness at the End of the World in ‘Hold’

Actor/Director Eric Kole returns to DN to share the inspiration which led him to subvert typical post-apocalyptic narratives in his new short film 'Hold'.

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Food Dwelling Ghosts & Bears on Bicycles, Welcome to Gus Péwé’s Askew Short ‘Same Ghost Every Night’

Director Gus Péwé tells DN how he used the happy accident of unscripted moments as the creative lifeblood for his charmingly askew short 'Same Ghost Every

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