Directing Duo Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

Amandine Thomas & Gerardo Coello Escalante Capture the Uneasy Nuance of the Tourism Economy in Drama Short ‘SUSANA’

Amandine Thomas & Gerardo Coello Escalante explain why they broke the fourth wall to implicate viewers in the uncomfortable economic realities of mass tourism.

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Live Action, Premiere

An AI-Powered Sex Robot Exposes a Relationship in Crisis in the Nüesch Sisters’ Dark Comedy ‘Marriage Unplugged’

From a glossy sex shop to a sterile home, sister-directors Florine & Kim Nüesch describe using visual world-building to map a relationship’s decay.

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Awards, Live Action

Gus Flind-Henry & George Malcher Capture the Chaos and Heart of Teaching in BIFA Nominated Short ‘A Sisyphean Task’

Gus Flind-Henry and George Malcher share how small moments, big pressures and authenticity shaped their portrait of teaching in a South London state school.

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Live Action, Premiere

Housemate Tensions Morph Into a Surreal Nightmare in Hansel Rodrigues & Ieuan Coombs’ Comedy ‘An Indirect Message’

Rodrigues & Coombs delve into visualising sleepless anxiety and awkward Britishness with bold theatrical lighting, composed frames and chaotic handheld shots.

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Live Action, Premiere

Tobias Frøystad & Tayo Cittadella Cultivate a Surreal Harvest of Human Exploitation in ‘Fuck the Crops’

Tobias Frøystad & Tayo Cittadella discuss using rack focus to guide viewers through their haunting allegorical fable which is both darkly absurd and direct.

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Art & Fashion, Premiere

Movement Articulates Unspoken Vulnerability in Jessie Oldfield & Adam Murfet’s Collaborative Healing Short ‘As One’

Co-directors Jessie Oldfield & Adam Murfet detail their use of a wordless dance to express a shared journey from dark isolation to vulnerable connection.

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Live Action, Premiere

Desire’s Unstoppable Pulse Thrums Through Julia Ponce Díaz & Nico Blanco’s Raucous ‘Cowboy, Choker, Harness & Heart’

Julia Ponce Díaz & Nico Blanco pull back the curtain on their racy queer short, where a bathroom stall takes centre stage at a neon-drenched rave.

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Live Action

A Charity Shop Transaction Spirals Into Surreal Chaos in Ken Abalos & Ash Meshkati’s Unpredictable Comedy ‘Easy Sell’

Ken Abalos and Ash Meshkati reveal how a mundane charity shop became a stage for absurd comedy, using ad-world precision to craft every cringe-worthy moment.

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Art & Fashion

Tanu Muiño & Nikita Kuzmenko’s Dance Film ‘Moncalvo’ Explores Resilience Through Thrilling Physicality

Nikita Kuzmenko delves into the process of conjuring community and catharsis with co-director Tanu Muiño through dance in their therapeutic films.dance short.

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Live Action, Premiere

Dexter Demme & Jack Depp Pit Pride Against Absurdity in Their Tense Couples’ Mexican Standoff Comedy ‘Tug of War’

Dexter Demme & Jack Depp unpack the seemingly absurd marital standoff in their comedy short where a beloved forgotten item exposes relationship fragility.

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Animation

Wednesday Studio Encapsulate the Spirit of Synergised Creative Collaboration in Animated Visual Poem ‘Yin & Yang’

Iria López & Daniela Negrín Ochoa discuss the evolution of their animated visual love letter dedicated to an 11 year anniversary of fruitful collaboration.

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Live Action, Premiere

tao/s Present a Raw Portrait of Family Turmoil Born of Mental Illness in Personal Short ‘Very Still, Very Quiet’

tao/s explain why the one-shot was the most authentic way to capture the emotional chaos of a family trying to cope with their mom's mental health disorder.

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