Actor/Director Tag Archive

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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