Live Action Category

Live Action

A Woman Bares Her Heart in a Painfully Awkward Declaration of Love in ‘Just Tell Him How You Feel’

Asking the question "how honest is too honest?", 'Just Tell Him How You Feel' sees an unreciprocated declaration of love turn hilariously gruesome.

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Asides, Live Action

Wild Horses

A young girl struggles to deal with her illness, whilst also becoming obsessed with horses, in Rory Stewart's NFTS short.

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Live Action

Childhood Innocence Meets the Parental Nightmare of the Public Restroom from Hell in Bryan Campbell’s ‘Big Boy’

Director Bryan Campbell returns to DN with a palpitation-inducing young boy’s solo trip to the public restroom from hell, in comedy shot 'Big Boy'.

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Animation, Asides, Live Action, Music Video

Rone: Wave (Feat. Noga Erez)

A virtual hook up falls foul to spotty internet connections & the freemium upsell model in Greg Barth’s worryingly relatable 'Wave' music video for Rone.

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Film Festival, Live Action

The Artists’ Room – OFFF Barcelona 2018

Artist duo Mathery introduce the initial dropping characters of Oliver, Frida, Federica & Fiona in their fun quirky OFFF festival film 'The Artists’ Room'

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Live Action, Premiere

In a Bleak World Devoid of Refuge a Man Tries to Endure in Rafa G. Arroyo’s Post-Apocalyptic Short ‘LOST’

Rafa G. Arroyo’s post-apocalyptic short 'LOST' posits the question of what fuels us to continue the fight for survival in the face of utter despair.

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Live Action

Jesse Kreitzer Paints a Haunting Portrait of Life for a 1900s Coal Mining Family in 35mm Short ‘Black Canaries’

A coal mining family find themselves locked in a symbiotic relationship with a land that sustains & destroys them in Jesse Kreitzer’s Black Canaries

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Asides, Live Action

Thought Diary

Brooklyn-based musician, comedian and director Daniel Koren take us on a grin-inducing tour of his “insignificant reflections” in 'Thought Diary'.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Paranoid Woman Attempts to Unmask Her Boyfriend’s Lover in Matthew Charof’s Psychological Thriller ‘Violet’

Matthew Charof’s 'Violet' sees a paranoid woman straddle the line between reality and fantasy as she attempts to confront her boyfriend’s lover.

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Live Action, Premiere

Past Love Forces an Amateur Pornographer to Reconsider His Life in Stephen Takashima’s ‘Breathing Through Trees’

An amateur pornographer is torn between memories from his past & the fresh new applicant sitting before him in Stephen Takashima’s Breathing Through Trees

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Asides, Live Action

Cake

A pair of travellers attempt to devise an escape from the ceaseless barren landscape that surrounds them in Alan Friel's award-winning dark comedy 'Cake'.

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Live Action

The Ties of Family Are Tested in Mikael Bundsen’s Queer Short ‘Mother Knows Best’

DN speaks with Mikael Bundsen about 'Mother Knows Best', his queer short about a son revealing an uncomfortable truth his mother wasn't ready for.

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