Brothers Archives - Directors Notes

A Knockabout Game of Football Becomes a Playground for Toxic Masculinity in Rumi Kaul’s Coming of Age Drama ‘Cage’

Rumi Kaul breaks down the underlying themes of youth and its progression to toxic masculinity he sought to reckon with in his vibrant playground drama.

Live Action, Premiere

Tim Ewalts’ Primal Woodland Drama ‘Undergrowth’ Finds Two Brothers in an Escalating Struggle for Power

Tim Ewalts breaks down the fluid, improvisational approach to shooting that he utilised for his foreboding 16mm familial drama about warring siblings.

Live Action, Premiere

Griffin Wenzler’s Parking Lot Comedy ‘Horse Dreams’ Finds a Literary Agent Forced to Reveal Bad News

Griffin Wenzler explains the dynamic editing techniques he employed to energise the cinematic language of his single-location bickering brothers comedy short.

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.

Live Action

A Shared Bereavement Forces Estranged Brothers into Awkward Reconciliation in Oscar & BAFTA Winning Short ‘An Irish Goodbye’

BAFTA winning OSCAR nominated co-writer/directors Tom Berkeley & Ross White talk about the streamlined working practices behind their offbeat comedy short.

Animation, Premiere

A Deadly Smell Tarnishes the Lives of Forest Creatures in Julien Piau’s Dark Fantasy Short ‘GRIFFURE’

Julien Piau delves into the creation of his dark, twisted and winsome animated short based on his relationship with his twin brother.

Music

Twin Brothers Have to Say a Tragic Goodbye in Argam Gevorgyan’s Experimental Vertical Drama ‘La Beaute’

Argam Gevorgyan enlightens DN as to how his latest short film is informed by his ongoing obsession with Armenia's rich history and culture.

Live Action, Premiere

A Pair of Quarrelsome Brothers Get a Final Chance to Say Goodbye in Jon Olav Stokke’s ‘Our Father’s Cabin’

When the past merges with the present, two half brothers get a last chance to say goodbye in Jon Olav Stokke's fractious family drama 'Our Father's Cabin'.

Live Action, Premiere

The Consequences of a Long-Buried Truth Boil to the Surface in Summer Agnew’s New Zealand Thriller ‘The Brother’

Writer/director Summer Agnew reveals why he embraced an anti-narrative structure for his bristling thriller about buried anger & resentment 'The Brother'.

Live Action, Premiere

The Fraternal Bond of Two Young Orphans Is Threatened in Amartei Armar’s Ghanaian Coming of Age Short ‘Vagabonds’

Writer/Director Amartei Armar tells DN why he wants to reframe audience responses to African narratives with his Ghanaian coming of age drama 'Vagabonds'.

Animation, Documentary, Music

Nice Shit Studio Animate the Origins of Interpol’s Daniel Kessler’s Musical Roots for Primavera Sound

Nice Shit Studio walk us through their animated interpretation of Daniel Kessler’s recollections of his older brother’s influence on his own musical path.

Live Action, Premiere

The Ritual

Markus Schroder's short sees a pair of estranged brothers head out into the desert to perform a ritual to reconnect them with their long absent father.

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