Live Action Category

Art & Fashion, Live Action

Rebecca Culverhouse Presents Life’s Perfect Moments in Unsettling Random Acts Social Media Horror ‘#eatpretty’

Rebecca Culverhouse shares how disillusionment with the distortions of social media inspired the creation of her Random Acts horror short #eatpretty.

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Asides, Live Action

Don’t Call Me Precious

Ben Brand demonstrates the resilience of children in 'Don’t Call Me Precious', an ad spot made for Nike China featuring four real-life child athletes.

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Asides, Live Action

Satan’s Bite

Dean Puckett’s devilish Straight 8 short 'Satan’s Bite' sees an accused witch turn the tables on her capturers.

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Live Action

Jono Seneff Taps Into the Emotional Power of the Tesla Model 3 in Heartwarming Spec Commercial ‘Feel It’

Jono Seneff tells DN how a dream and the experience of hearing loss inspired him to create emotionally resonating spec ad 'Feel It' for the Tesla Model 3.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Woman Finds Her True Direction in Albert Choi’s Meditative Reflection on Solitude ‘The Idea of North’

Albert Choi tells DN how he and his team of collaborators mapped out the cinematic journey of their meditative reflection on solitude 'The Idea of North'.

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Asides, Live Action

The Very Near Future

Sebastian Egert’s 'The Very Near Future' sees a man’s efforts to order a pizza frustrated by his digital assistant and newly updated T&Cs.

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Asides, Live Action

Lolz-Ita

A young woman has difficulty straddling the gulf between her confident Instagram persona and the vulnerability she feels IRL in Katie Boland's 'Lolz-Ita'.

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Live Action

An Isolated Man’s Overactive Imagination Leads to Nefarious Actions in Thriller ‘Fire On The Second Floor’

A socially isolated man's overactive imagination paves the way to nefarious actions in Joshua & Tom Calder’s thriller 'Fire On The Second Floor'.

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Asides, Live Action

Thawed

Jon Drever's comedy short 'Thawed' imagines what the future of cryogenics might look like for those of us who only have a limited budget to work with.

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Asides, Live Action, Music Video

Mary Komasa & The Dumplings: Jestem Kobieta (I’m a Woman)

Piotrek Matejkowski's 'Jestem Kobieta' for Mary Komasa & The Dumplings’ track for Puma’s #DoYou campaign is a manifesto of living life on your own terms.

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Live Action

Inés Barrionuevo & Agustina San Martín Traverse the Maelstrom of Teenage Insecurity in ‘The Swedish Cousin’

DN speaks to Inés Barrionuevo & Agustina San Martín about creating vulnerability by casting non-actors true to their characters in 'The Swedish Cousin'.

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Live Action

A Lost Man Reaches a Violent Point of No Return in Justin Suttles’ Disquieting ‘A Quiet Morning’

Justin Suttles joins DN with disquieting short 'A Quiet Morning' and reveals how the unease of stillness informed his approach to production.

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