Experimental Archives - Directors Notes

Heather Lang & Purdie Baumann Reclaim the Sacredness of Dance and Community With Experimental Short ‘Simulation’

Heather Lang tells DN how the mise-en-scene of her & Purdie Baumann's dance short was foundational in shaping the radical character of the overall piece.

Live Action, Premiere

Jamie Fraser Surveys a Cross-Section of British Life in the Charming, Multi-Layered ‘Green Space’

Jamie Frasher shares how he was inspired by the compositions of landscape paintings for his surveillance-like observation of British oddity.

Animation, Live Action

Jeff Ledellaytner & Ariel Costa Present a Lo-Fi Psychedelic Visual Feast With Super Bobby Music Video ‘Dirty City’

Jeff Ledellaytner reveals how he and Co-Director Ariel Costa embraced each other's creativity for their constantly-evolving surreal music video.

Animation

A Day in the Life of a Child Becomes a Psychedelic Voyage in Gerhard Funk’s Trippy ‘A Goat’s Spell’

Gerhard Funk tells DN how shifting production into Virtual Reality gave him the creative boost needed to finish off his hallucinatory animation.

Art & Fashion

Kai Kurve’s Poetic and Propulsive ‘CORNERBOY’ Confronts the Corruption at the Heart of a Gangster’s Life

Kai Kurve shares how he created a dance hallucination of an eternal downfall with propulsive music, magic realist flourishes and a noirish tone.

Live Action

Simone Smith’s Surreal Short ‘The Möbius Trip’ Explores the Inner Madness of All Chaotic Families

Simone Smith explains how she used visually outré imagery, claustrohobic frames and rear projection to find the madness of a chaotic family.

Documentary, Live Action, Premiere

Zhenia Kazankina’s Doc-Fiction Hybrid ‘Continuity of Parks’ Imagines Greek Heroes Living in a Moscow Park

Zhenia Kazankina breaks down the naturalist performances and mix of documentary and fiction methods of her 16mm reimagining of Greek myth in a Moscow park.

Art & Fashion

VERSUS Exalt Western Sydney’s Multidisciplinary Pool of Creative Talent in Ambitious Shorts Series ‘Latitudes’

VERSUS discuss the unexpected cohesive aesthetic of their film trilogy showcasing Western Sydney's typically underrepresented and under-resourced artists.

Art & Fashion, Documentary, Premiere

Dawn Richard Champions the Power of Self-Expression in Moving New Orleans-Set Dance Short ‘Pigments’

Dawn Richard breaks down why she wanted to alter the cliched image of New Orleans through her compelling and empowering dance short.

Art & Fashion

Nat Gee Traverses the Ebbs and Flows of an Intense Anxiety Attack in Experiential Short ‘Waves’

Nat Gee explains how she used movement and camerawork to convey the inner workings of an intense anxiety attack for her experimental dance short.

Music

Alex Cook’s Ghostly Sci-Fi Short for Son Lux’s ‘Undertow’ Sees a Man Haunted by an Ethereal Doppelgänger

Alex Cook delineates the process of creating the VFX for the flowing, ghost-like liquid featured in his short film/music video hybrid for Son Lux.

Live Action, Premiere

One Woman’s Ecstasy Is Another’s Obsessive Agony in Mattis Ohana Goksøyr’s Sensuous Short ‘Are You OK’

Mattis Ohana Goksøyr reveals why he chose to prioritise the audiovisual over dialogue in his experimental exploration of sexual pleasure and jealousy.

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