Live Action Category

Live Action, Premiere

A Feral Girl Finds Kinship in the Forest in Billy Nawrocki’s Cannibal Tale ‘Are You Wild Like Me?’

New York Director/Editor Billy Nawrocki shares how a potent song lyric inspired his cannibal coming of age horror short 'Are You Wild Like Me?'

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Asides, Live Action

Abandon

Georgia Parris’ one-shot short 'Abandon' observes the emotional turmoil of a dancer required to give her all moments after being told she’s pregnant.

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Asides, Live Action

American Dream

Alexia Oldini’s heartbreaking 'American Dream' follows a young Chinese immigrant whose dream of becoming a singer meets the harsh indifference of reality.

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Live Action

Oliver Kember’s Offers an Antidote to the Saccharine of the Yuletide Season in Comedy ‘Last Christmas’

"Santa" finds himself at odds with a cynical child when she discovers him stealing her presents in Oliver Kember's uncomfortable comedy 'Last Christmas'.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN365: Isabella Eklöf Exposes the Rot Beneath the Glitzy Veneer of Power & Money in Unflinching Debut ‘Holiday’

Isabella Eklöf discusses 'Holiday', her unflinching depiction of the control and sexual violence lurking beneath the glitzy veneer of power and money.

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Live Action

A Phone Call Brings a Mother’s Worst Nightmare Crashing Into Reality in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Devastating ‘Madre’

Rodrigo Sorogoyen shares how lens selection, character movement and solid casting enabled him to ramp up the tension in phone call thriller 'Mother'.

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Asides, Live Action, Music Video

Viva La Vulva

Somesuch Director Kim Gehrig celebrates the diverse beauty of the vulva in this absolutely joyous, mixed media ad for Libresse, 'Viva La Vulva'.

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Asides, Live Action

Girl of the Sky

A Ukrainian girl shifts the power dynamic between herself and a boorish past hookup in Ariel Martin’s tale of teenage sexual expression 'Girl of the Sky'.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN364: Philippe Faucon Contemplates the Loneliness of Economic Migration in French Drama ‘Amin’

Philippe Faucon discusses the integral role non-actors played in bringing authenticity to his story of economic separation and loneliness, 'Amin'.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Young Woman Is Torn Between Her Future or Caring for Her Family in Vishnu Vallabhaneni’s ‘Sunshine and Rain’

Vishnu Vallabhaneni talks to DN about transforming the experiences of a close friend into an emotional story about family responsibility & self-sacrifice.

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Live Action

A Mysterious Box Hides a Deadly Secret for a Pair of Day Labourers in Patrick Mason’s Horror Short ‘Ayuda’

Patrick Mason talks to DN about getting to grips with the subtle art of foreshadowing and how his mystery box short 'Ayuda' went from thriller to horror.

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Asides, Live Action

Little Monster

Charlotte Regan reunites with actor Neil Maskell for Random Acts short 'Little Monster' the emotive story of a father’s prison phone call to his daughter.

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