16:9 Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

Alex Barnes-Auld’s Barista-Battling Comedy ‘Long Black’ Is a Caffeine-Fuelled Brew Fit to Burst

Alex Barnes-Auld's bladder-busting power struggle comedy combines British humour, the style of a Spaghetti Western, and old school practical effects.

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Live Action, Premiere

Annika Chavez Turns a Shared Bathtub Into an Uncertain Stage of Fluid Friendship in Her Wry Short ‘Three Minutes’

Annika Chavez breaks down how experimentation within an organic shoot helped her capture the unspoken weight of a life-changing moment shared in a bathroom.

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Live Action, Premiere

Charlotte Serena Cooper Dismantles Queer Screen Death Tropes with Genre Pastiche in Riotous Satire ‘Bury Your Gays’

Drawing on years of script supervision, Charlotte Serena Cooper masters the visual grammar of five distinct genres to subvert a tired cinematic cliché.

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Art & Fashion

François Larpin Finds Absurdist Poetry in Restraint in the Surreal Holiday Storytelling of ‘A Festive Tale’

Faced with the saturated festive ad space, François Larpin built a distinctive world, stripping Christmas to its essence for his branded seasonal triptych.

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Live Action

Caleb J. Roberts Transcends Preconceived Notions of Gay Relationships and Intimacy in His Tender Short ‘Purebred’

Using long, slow takes, Caleb J. Roberts details drawing us almost uncomfortably close into his tender and intimate relationship between on-off-again lovers.

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Live Action

Will Wightman Unleashes the Domestic Disgust of Shared Flats in Insta360 Comedy Horror ‘This Place is a Sh*thole’

Will Wightman explains layering practical chaos with post-production keyframing to craft impossible camera moves in his tale housemate horror.

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Live Action, Premiere

Amir Youssef Constructs a Tender Child’s-Eye View of Personal Loss Amongst Historical Rupture in ‘Dawn Every Day’

Using wide lenses and a meticulous B&W palette, director Amir Youssef locks us at eye-level with an eight-year-old boy grappling with a world coming apart.

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Documentary

Anna Fabricius Maps the Female Form as a Landscape of Empowering Transformation in Her Hybrid Short ‘Shaping Change’

Anna Fabricius details how she weaved documentary disclosures with choreographed movement to create her portraiture of the female body's unfolding over time.

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Animation, Premiere

A Woman Finds Relief in Self-Pleasure in Olivia Griselda & Sarah Cheok’s ‘She and Her Good Vibrations’

Olivia Griselda & Sarah Cheok reveal the hilarious true story that inspired their fearlessly funny animated short about a woman addicted to solo pleasure.

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Live Action

A Grieving Man Confronts Unconscious Desires in Jacob Samuels’ Dark Suburban Comedy ‘I Want My Mommy’

Jacob Samuels guides us through the delicate tonal tightrope of his unconventional tale of grief, cringe-inducing confession and existential woe.

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Live Action, Premiere

Housemate Tensions Morph Into a Surreal Nightmare in Hansel Rodrigues & Ieuan Coombs’ Comedy ‘An Indirect Message’

Rodrigues & Coombs delve into visualising sleepless anxiety and awkward Britishness with bold theatrical lighting, composed frames and chaotic handheld shots.

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Animation

Inside the Hypnotic World of ‘Shapes’: How Tsz-wing Ho Let Music Lead the Way

Animator Tsz-wing Ho returns to DN to share how mastering time management and connecting deeply with music inspired the creation of mesmerising film 'Shapes'.

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