Female Filmmaker Tag Archive

Animation

Embracing Human Instinct, Amber Xu’s ‘Luscious’ Denotes Boundless Pleasure Through Fantasy

We speak to Amber Xu about her animated look inside the human psyche and the power of its creativity in fantasy short ‘Luscious’

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Live Action

Jessica Barclay Lawton Finds Compassion in the Arms of a Stranger in Touching Short ‘We Keep on Dancing’

DN talks to Director Jessica Barclay Lawton & Writer Rhys Mitchell about their surprisingly tender empathetic short ‘We Keep on Dancing’.

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Live Action

Anna Maguire Makes a Declaration of Relationship Independence in ‘She Would Move the Tree Rather More to the Middle’

From well meaning parental wishes to the dominance of ‘happy ever after’ endings, the idea of the unity of the romantic couple is pretty much a

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Live Action

Melissa Anastasi Takes a Meditative Look at Life, Loss and Longing in ‘This Feral Life’

Melissa Anastasi discusses the process of adapting a theatre monologue for screen and the importance of emotional truth and tone in storytelling.

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Music

Laura Sicouri Puts the Choreographed Fun Back into the Work Out in ‘Maria’ for Birdy Hunt

Laura Sicouri's move into live action music videos for Birdy Hunt track Maria, sees her choreograph a workout session that would tempt even the most reticent

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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, Podcasts

DN310: Some Things Mean Something – Dee Meaden

Writer/director/producer Dee Meaden joins us to discuss the dramatic importance of small moments & why she wanted to avoid the dangers of over producing.

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Animation, Asides, Music

Hilary Hahn & Hauschka: Bounce Bounce

Hayley Morris creates a colourful parade of tide pool choreography for her delightfully tactile feeling music video for German pianist Hauschka.

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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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Animation, Asides

Bor Sood

There is a certain confidence in Kazakh animator Anna Shevchenko’s Bor Sood that you don’t see very often in short films. Her film progresses at an

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN047: Teenland: In Teenagers’ Bedrooms – Jeanie Finlay

Coming from an arts background, but well down the road of documentary directing, I’m joined today by director Jeanie Finlay whose 60 min film Teenland:

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