Female Filmmaker Tag Archive

Animation

Goyims Jens & Anna Discuss Jewish Culture…Carefully in ‘The Squirrel and the Penguin’

Jens Blank & Anna Benner wracked their brains for the perfect story to animate their way into a Jewish film fund, only to find that the solution was writing

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Awards, Live Action, Podcasts

DN312: Good Night – Muriel d’Ansembourg

In her coming of age short Good Night, Muriel dā€™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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Documentary, Podcasts

DN279: The Great Hip Hop Hoax – Jeanie Finlay

One of the few directors we’d trust to guide us through the web of lies at the centre of The Great Hip Hop Hoax documentary is our dearest of filmmaking

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN263: Anton Corbijn Inside Out – Klaartje Quirijns

Fans of music are likely to be very familiar with the iconic images and music videos of photographer, filmmaker and video artist Anton Corbijn. In her new

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Animation, Asides, Music Video

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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Awards, 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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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Green ā€“ Sophia Takal & Lawrence Michael Levine

Sophia Takal & Lawrence Michael Levine join us at SXSW to discuss subverting horror tropes, whilst striking a balance between script and improvisation.

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011 ā€“ Sound It Out ā€“ Jeanie Finlay

It just wouldn’t be right if at least one of our SXSW interviews didn’t come from the musical raucousness that is Austin’s 6th Street and

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN168: Legend: a film about Greg Garing – Emily Branham

Few people are as qualified to make a judgment call as to a film’s quality as a fellow filmmaker; so when Jeanie Finlay suggested I take a look at Emily

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Documentary

Dig! – Ondi Timoner

Shot over seven years, DIG! is a feature-length documentary about musicians Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Courtney Taylor, head

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