Actor/Director Tag Archive

Live Action

A Venting Session Between Friends Quickly Spirals Out of Control in Kyle Jon Shephard’s Surrealist Comedy ‘Stress Head’

Kyle Jon Shephard walks DN through the combination of practical and digital VFX behind the titular head in his frantically kinetic stress-fuelled short.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Cursed Man’s Mounting Misfortune Plays Out for All to See in Maxwell Hughes Klaiber & Jordan Moran’s ‘JOB’

Maxwell Hughes Klaiber discusses the highly effective voyeuristic perspective he & Jordan Moran took in their short capturing the worst day of a man’s life.

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Live Action

A Couple Investigate Their Mutating Cloning Ability in Peter Collins Campbell’s Sci-Fi Short ‘Variations on a Theme’

Peter Collins Campbell unpacks the wizardry behind the split-screen visuals of his short about a couple who can duplicate into new versions of themselves.

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Live Action

An Actor Auditions for a Secretive Project in Hugo De Sousa’s Satire ‘Je Ne Suis Pas Une Star de

Hugo De Sousa returns to DN and tells us how he recreated the claustrophobic, exploitative atmosphere of an audition for his uncomfortable satirical short.

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Live Action

Giorgio Miraflor’s ‘Me + Lee’ Is a Love Letter to the Intangible Energy That Exists Between Siblings

Giorgio Miraflor talks to DN about providing his audience with an absorbing fly's eye view of a transformative conversation in his slice of life drama.

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Live Action

Erik Odom Excavates the Enduring Effects of Shame in Thrilling Horror Drama ‘Box on the Hill’

Actor Erik Odom tells DN why rehearsal time with his scene partner was key to the success of his directorial debut about shame manifest in demon form.

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Awards, Live Action

Jessica Yu-Li Henwick’s Mobile Phone Shot BAFTA Short ‘Bus Girl’ Offers a Sumptuous Allegorical Look at Creativity

Jessica Yu-Li Henwick reveals how she balanced the roles of writer, director and actor in her BAFTA short about an aspiring young female chef.

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Live Action

A Woman Wrestles With Her HPV Diagnosis in Chloe Berk & Blair Baker’s Comedy/Drama ‘Summer Fridays’

'Summer Fridays' actor/director Chloe Berk discusses the need for filmic representation of taboo topics and her passion for telling female-centred stories.

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Live Action

Annabelle Attanasio Calls out Motormouth Men in Verbal Diarrhoea Short ‘Frankie Keeps Talking’

Annabelle Attanasio explains how extensive pre-planning and choreographed action were invaluable preparation for absurdist short, 'Frankie Keeps Talking'.

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Live Action

Anna Maguire Makes a Declaration of Relationship Independence in ‘She Would Move the Tree Rather More to the Middle’

From well meaning parental wishes to the dominance of ‘happy ever after’ endings, the idea of the unity of the romantic couple is pretty much a

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Live Action

Eric Kole Finds Tenderness at the End of the World in ‘Hold’

Actor/Director Eric Kole returns to DN to share the inspiration which led him to subvert typical post-apocalyptic narratives in his new short film 'Hold'.

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