Live Action Category

Live Action

A Young Girl Wrestles With the Tensions Between Tradition & Self-Identity in Surreal Short ‘Mother Corn’

A young girl wrestles spiritual visions that force her to awaken to the importance of tradition as part of her self-identity in surreal short Mother Corn.

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Film Festival, Live Action

Ellie Rogers Explores the Importance of Unexpected Female Friendships in ‘Outlines’

An initially awkward encounter between a young girl and her Dad's hired escort evolves into an unexpected friendship in Ellie Rogers' 'Outlines'.

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Documentary, Film Festival, Live Action

Watch #FiveFilms4Freedom – A Global Digital LGBTQ+ Online Film Festival

The British Council and BFI Flare Festival continue their global, digital LGBTQ+ online film festival #FiveFilms4Freedom.

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Art & Fashion, Live Action

Dan Sadgrove Unearths an Ancient Culture Buried by Conquest in Lyrical Short ‘A Dream Dressed in Black’

DN invited dir. Dan Sadgrove to tell us how he crafted a lyrical Mexican present that never was in poetic ‘what if...’ short 'A Dream Dressed in Black'.

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Live Action

Niclas Gillis Exposes the Reality of Sexual Exploitation Endured by Women Living in Poverty in ‘Hold Me Down’

DN spoke to Niclas Gillis about the years of research which underpins his unflinching depiction of a sexually exploited woman living in poverty in the USA.

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Live Action

Bruce/Lee Unleash Delightfully Dark Korean Comedy Short ‘Lost Dogs’

DN caught up with Cullan Bruce & Chris Lee to discuss the transformative power of dark acts in their delightfully bizarre Korean comedy short 'Lost Dogs'.

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Live Action

A Man Wrestles With His Role in the Violence & Exploitation of Small Town Life in David Schofield’s ‘Remora’

Director David Schofield takes Directors Notes behind the scenes of his tough seaside story of hard lives and hard decisions, Remora.

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Asides, Live Action

Addy

An impoverished young girl finds her grief over the death of a family pet met by cold indifference by her unsympathetic father in Matty Crawford’s short.

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Awards, Documentary, Film Festival, Live Action, News

13th Mobile Film Festival Award Winners

Wrapping up its 13th edition the Mobile Film Festival illustrates that even the shortest of short films can be poetic, aesthetic and impactful.

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Live Action, Premiere

Buried Treasure Sends an Iranian Village Into a Spiral of Death & Deception in Roozbeh Misaghi’s ‘Turquoise’

Roozbeh Misaghi joins DN with 'Turquoise', his allegorical story about a remote Iranian village which descends into deception, death and double-dealing.

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Live Action

Felipe Vellas Highlights the Crucial Work of Médecins du Monde in Hard Hitting #ShutUpDeath Campaign Promo

Brazilian director Felipe Vellas pulls no punches in his hard hitting, visceral short film for Médecins du Monde’s #shutupdeath campaign.

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Live Action

A Smear Test Takes a Turn for the Worse in Kate Herron’s Horror Comedy ‘Smear’

Kate Herron returns to DN to discuss how she tackled the uncomfortable subject matter of a smear test in her new horror comedy short.

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