Australia Tag Archive

Live Action

Guy Pearce Faces the Dark Consequences of Isolation & Loneliness in Jesse Leaman’s ‘Lorne’

Jesse Leaman takes DN through the meticulous preparations which led to his meditative portrait of a man trapped by the oppressing boundaries of isolation.

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Live Action

A Listless Art Graduate Tests Her Personal & Relationship Boundaries in Sam Icklow’s ‘Untitled, L.A.’

DN speaks to Director Sam Icklow about creating a lesbian relationship drama which was both relatable and authentic to LA’s queer art scene.

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Music Video

BROADHURST: Bones

The power of surrender proves to be a formidable weapon in James Chappell's spiritual underground fight club music video for BROADHURST.

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN346: Chasing Asylum – Eva Orner

Eva Orner’s documentary exposes the repugnant, inhumane ways the Australian government treats asylum seekers and its attempts to hide these atrocities.

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Music Video

Emma Louise: West End Kids

Dylan Duclos and Emma Louise bestow the power of movement on the members of their docile cult in 'West End Kids', their 3rd music video collaboration.

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Live Action

Nic Barker Explores the Nuisances of Modern Relationships in his Improvisation Experiment ‘Dead Sharks’

Nic Barker explains how improvisation and experimentation allowed him to create a gritty and unembellished depiction of modern relationships gone bad

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Drawing on her own experiences and the experiences of those around her, Vera Babida’s There Again illustrates the repetitive and empty cycle of clicks and swipes that has come to typify modern dating. Babida shares her production process in these making of posts.

Live Action

Jessica Barclay Lawton Finds Compassion in the Arms of a Stranger in Touching Short ‘We Keep on Dancing’

DN talks to Director Jessica Barclay Lawton & Writer Rhys Mitchell about their surprisingly tender empathetic short ‘We Keep on Dancing’.

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Music Video

Danny Cohen Prepares for Winged Battle in King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s ‘People-Vultures’

Dir. Danny Cohen and Australia's King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard join forces for an epic psychedelic battle of giant birds and colourful adversaries in music

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Live Action

How Lachlan Huddy Embraced Production Limitations to Make Vampire Short ‘Guy’s Trade‘

Australian Director Lachlan Huddy shares how he used the low budget, solo shooter production limitations to his advantage for vampire hunter short ‘Guy's

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Animation, Music Video

Eleven Keys Repurpose the Modern Beauty of Aboriginal Art for Animated Trip ‘Whelk Song’

Elsa Secco explains how she and Jonathan Guyader created ‘Whelk Song’ - a captivating piece of animation whose roots are firmly based in the Aboriginal

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Animation

Dylan Carter Cuts Through the Insecurities of the Novice Artist in ‘your art is shit’

Director Dylan Carter wants to let you know that ‘your art is shit’...but maybe that's ok?

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