Female Filmmaker Tag Archive

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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Live Action, Podcasts

DN234: Elsewhere – Mathy & Fran

I’m a big fan of the isolated lovers on the run story structure so was naturally drawn to London directing duo Mathy & Fran’s latest film

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Asides, Live Action

Wasp

Of the 100s, probably 1000s of short films I've seen in my life, Andrea Arnold's 2003 Oscar winning short 'Wasp' is without a doubt one of the best.

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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 – 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 – Sound It Out – 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

Art vs. Industry: Inside the 7 Year Journey of Ondi Timoner’s Band Rivalry Music Documentary ‘DIG!’

Ondi Timoner on documenting The Brian Jonestown Massacre & The Dandy Warhols — two bands torn between friendship, jealousy and music industry demands.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF07: Water Lilies – Céline Sciamma

First time feature director Céline Sciamma talks female sexuality & shooting poolside for her synchronised swimming set coming of age drama 'Water Lilies'

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Animation

The Scent of Seth – Anita Shukla

In partial homage to the sensation of dark imagination in the work of Tim Hope, Roman Dirge and Tim Burton, Anita Shukla’s animated short The Scent of

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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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