Coming of Age Tag Archive

Live Action

Kire Paputts Challenges Preconceptions About Special Needs Actors in ‘The Rainbow Kid’

DN alumni Kire Paputts tell us how his forthcoming feature 'The Rainbow Kid' bucks the norm without succumbing to lazy cinematic conventions, to tell the

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Music Video

Exploring the Mythical Beasts of Rob Savage’s British Sea Power Promo

Recently heralded as one of Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow, we speak to upcoming UK director Rob Savage about his captivating black and white video

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Awards, Live Action, Podcasts

DN312: Good Night – Muriel d’Ansembourg

In her coming of age short Good Night, Muriel d’Ansembourg mines the rich vein of dark teenage life experience whilst sidestepping the all too obvious route

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Live Action

Exploring the Dramatic Space Between Youth & Adulthood in ‘The First Dead Lies’

In recent years we’ve watched Institute For Eyes (Joseph Bull & Luke Seomore) move from feature documentary Isolation to the non-narrative

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Animation, Asides

Belly

The talent that is Julia Pott continues her distinct approach of employing awkward animated characters to act out her inner confusions with 'Belly'.

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN248: What You Need – Nickolas Duarte

Director Nickolas Duarte joins us today with What You Need, his film about a boy out of step with the world around him. We discuss how the idea for a 15 second

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Awards, Live Action, Podcasts

DN235: Chalk – Martina Amati

We’re joined this week by BAFTA winning director Martina Amati to discuss her recently BAFTA nominated short Chalk, set on the verge of puberty, within

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN232: Destiny Lives Down the Road – Daneeta Loretta & Patrick Jackson

Daneeta Loretta & Patrick Jackson discuss the production techniques which enabled their nimble crew of two to shoot this post-Katrina coming of age story.

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Live Action

Love Does Grow on Trees

The discovery of porn, an important and memorable part of every young boy’s life! Bevan Walsh’s Love Does Grow on Trees is a coming of age comedy

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Film Festival, Live Action

EIFF2011: Tomboy

What happens if you take Kimberly Peirce’s Oscar-winning Boys Don’t Cry, exchange small town America for the suburbs of Paris and make Hilary

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Live Action

Submarine

It just goes to show that if you piss and moan about wanting to see something enough (i.e. stating to whoever will listen every time I walked past the poster

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF2010: What I Love The Most – Delfina Castagnino

The first feature from Delfina Castagnino, What I Love The Most is a simple understated film about two friends who lack the ability to console each other.

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