Bullying Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

Jack King Traverses the Moral Wilderness of Childhood Cruelty in His Unsettling Drama-Thriller ‘Predators’

From abandoned snakes to abandoned morals: Jack King discusses crafting a dark, child-led world of ethical ambiguity in his BFI-backed suburban short.

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Live Action, Premiere

Demitri Zujew Crafts an Emblematic Tale Denouncing the Cult of Strength in His Disturbing Social Allegory ‘Crease’

Demitri Zujew delves into the importance of representing "strong eat the weak" culture for what it is and his use of origami as a potent narrative symbol.

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Live Action, Premiere

Pack Mentality Transforms Idle Teens Into a Feral Gang in Barnaby Blackburn’s Anxiety Inducing Drama ‘Pylon’

Barnaby Blackburn discusses why he wanted to lead his audience unwillingly through the high tension drama of his tale of sibling rivalry and false bravado.

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Music Video

Emma Branderhorst Presents an Alternative to the Perilous Repercussions of Sexting in Campaign Short ‘Piece of Me’

Emma Branderhorst tells DN why it was important to take a new tack of addressing those who share intimate images without consent for her KPN campaign film.

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Awards, Live Action

A Woman’s Journey Home Takes a Series of Unexpected Turns in Eirik Tveiten’s Oscar Nominated ‘Night Ride’.

Eirik Tveiten discusses abruptly shifting gears from comical caper to an atmosphere of menacing threat in his short about standing up to bigoted prejudice.

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Live Action

Jeremy Merrifield Questions Our Outdated Modes of Masculinity in Coming of Age Superhero Origin Short ‘Balloon’

We sit down with Jeremy Merrifield to learn how he used the superhero mythos to explore the issue of toxic masculinity in his AFI thesis short 'Balloon'.

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