Father-Son Tag Archive

Live Action

Grief Becomes an Addictive Vice in the Back Rooms of Julian Doan’s Surreal ‘Long’s Long Lost & Mini Mart’

Julian Doan turns a Little Saigon mini mart into a purgatory where the grieving buy one last conversation with the dead beside the booze and lotto.

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Live Action, Premiere

Kyle Jon Shephard Mines a Father’s Jealousy of His Missing Son for Awkward Comedy in ‘Proud Dad

"There’s nothing funnier than what’s not said." Kyle Jon Shephard on the high comedy glances in his film about a father whose ego refuses to read the room.

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Live Action

Isabella Eklöf on Condemning the Ones We Love in Her Adaptation of Nick Cave’s ‘The Death of Bunny Munro’

Isabella Eklöf talks to DN about her TV adaptation of Nick Cave's novel, starring Matt Smith as a sex addicted salesman in what may be his best performance

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Awards, Live Action

Personal Grief and Political Upheaval Intertwine in Akinola Davies Jr.’s BIFA Winning ‘My Father’s Shadow’

Akinola Davies Jr. discusses the making of his semi-autobiographical feature 'My Father's Shadow', a debut leading this year's BIFAs with 12 nominations.

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Live Action, Premiere

Self-Destruction Stymies a Deadbeat Dad’s Attempt To Reconnect With His Son in George-Alex Nagle’s Taut Drama ‘Mate’

Faced with a flawed ending, George-Alex Nagle explains how a reshoot led to a more complex and ultimately superior conclusion for his fraught familial drama.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Neglected Young Man Seeks Belonging in the Wrong Place in Jeroen Kooistra’s Desolate Debut ‘Triton’

Jeroen Kooistra recounts how a shared creative itch evolved into his stark short film exploring how our need for belonging can be manipulated to serve others.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Rancorous Soul Refuses a Last Chance for Redemption in David Leon’s Cautionary Tale ‘Converse Blues’

David Leon reveals how he tonally distinguished the three worlds of his allegorical tale cautioning against making the same mistakes as those who came before.

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Animation, Awards

José Prats Reminds Us To Honour Our Parents With His BAFTA Nominated Short Film ‘Adiós’

When BAFTA recognition means your grandma finally understands your job: José Prats on bridging personal filmmaking and professional acclaim.

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Live Action, Premiere

Freddie Bonfanti Unearths Dark Truths in the Woods in His Urban Weird Horror Short ‘Treeline’

Freddie Bonfanti breaks down the intersection of masculinity and nature in crisis providing the backdrop to his unsettling, family-centred horror short.

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Live Action

A Major Injury Forces a Professional Footballer to Question His Sense of Self in William Miller’s ‘Broke’

William Miller shares how his background helped him to authentically portray the locations, movements and emotions of professional football in his debut short.

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Live Action

Lies of Optimism Weigh on a Struggling Father in Remi R.M. Moses’ Heartfelt Graduate Short ‘Saving Art’

Remi R.M. Moses explains the alternate directorial approaches used for the adult and child actors in his intimate drama about a father struggling to find hope.

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Animation

A Rite of Passage Fishing Ritual Challenges a Father-Son Relationship in Ross Stringer’s BAFTA Winner ‘Crab Day’

Ross Stringer breaks down the deceptively minimal monochrome colour palette he used to tell the thematically rich story of his NFTS graduate short.

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