Experimental Archives - Directors Notes

The Intense Rhythm of an Urban Landscape Drives Or Schraiber’s Frantic Yemen Blues Music Video ‘Prayers’

Or Schraiber explains the unexpected, dynamic editing style and cinematography he employed in his distinctive Yemen Blues dance music video.

Live Action

An Escaped Convict Encounters Two Immortal Time Travellers in Michael Anthony Kratochvil’s ‘Sweet Mary, Where Did You Go?’

Michael Anthony Kratochvil extols the rewards of rejecting appeasement and embracing the creative instinct of the peculiar for his trippy sci-fi horror short.

Art & Fashion, Music Video, Premiere

A Woman Experiences the Fullness of Existence Across Time in Anna Guseva’s Dance Film ‘Tem Po Ra Ry’

Anna Guseva outlines why 35mm film was the appropriate shooting format for her time-spanning dance short/music video traversing Dom Radio's rich history.

Art & Fashion, Premiere

Folu Odimayo’s Woodland Dance Film ‘On The Cut of Three’ Is a Dreamlike Exploration of Myth and Archetype

Folu Odimayo deconstructs his use of narration during the choreographic prep of his film telling the tale of a stag whose fate is controlled by three birds.

Live Action

Bottled up Emotions Become Primed to Explode in Andrew De Zen’s Freeing Dance Short ‘Let This Feeling Go’

Andrew De Zen explains why 65mm film was the perfect format to capture the grand yet intimate story of his short about a woman who finally lets herself loose.

Art & Fashion

Zen Pace’s Poetic Experimental Short ‘Little Mirror’ Is a Therapeutic Love Letter to the Inner Child

Zen Pace breaks down the meticulously crafted emotional architecture of their self-reflexive experimental poetry short film love letter to the inner child.

Music Video

Manish Khushalani Portrays the Delicacy of Relationships in His Vibrant Dreamlike Music Video ‘Jhula’

Manish Khushalani deconstructs the symbolic meaning of the choreographed movements and potent colour palette in his vibrant, dance-led music video.

Documentary

Miranda Stern’s Cathartic NFTS Documentary ‘milk’ Is an Intimate Exploration of Maternity, Addiction and Loss

Miranda Stern unpacks the cathartic and narrative reasons she opted for an abstract, mixed media scrapbook-style approach for her self-explorative doc short.

Art & Fashion

A Loyal Steed Eternally Awaits the Impossible Return of Its Knight in Enea Colombi’s Fashion Film ‘Demon’

Enea Colombi delves into the process of generating the striking shot compositions that populate his eerie, medieval branded fashion short.

Art & Fashion

Sirius’ ‘Morning Interlude’ Finds a Fractious Young Couple Reconciling Their Differences After a Long Night

Sirius unpacks the challenges of blending choreography with performance in his country road-set film about a couple dancing their way back to one another.

Animation

Tsz-wing Ho Reinterprets the Geometric Nature of Hong Kong’s M+ Museum in Abstract Animation ‘& More’

Animator Tsz-wing Ho tells DN how she deconstructed the form of the M+ Museum into her fluid shifting short exploring what underpins our material world.

Art & Fashion, Premiere

Valentina Khodnevich Celebrates the Everyday Routines of Human Life in Her Cyclical 16mm Dance Film ‘Sun’

Valentina Khodnevich explains how she incorporated quotidian movements and gestures into the choreography of her tactile dance short.

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