Female Protagonist Tag Archive

Live Action

Joosje Duk Calls Out Everyday Racism & the Blinkered Perspective of White Privilege in NYU Short ‘NIGHT’

In Joosje Duk's provocative short, the carefree dynamic between four friends suddenly shifts following an unpleasant encounter with a nightclub bouncer.

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Film Festival, Live Action

Director Jimmy Dean Discusses Shooting Intimate Aspect Ratios for Kitchen Sink Vampire Short ‘V’

Director Jimmy Dean joins us to discuss his Film London short 'V' - an intimate Vampire story exploring themes of adolescence and isolation.

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Documentary, Film Festival, Music, Podcasts

DN353: Rob Curry & Tim Plester Herald the Rebirth of a Folk Legend in ‘The Ballad of Shirley Collins’

Rob Curry & Tim Plester craft a lyrical response to the life, work & tragic loss of the High Queene of English Folk music, Shirley Collins.

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Live Action

Bryan M. Ferguson Caters to All Your Self-Amputation Needs in Transgressive Alienation Short ‘Flamingo’

"The film induced panic attacks and caused some audience members to faint." Bryan M. Ferguson takes DN into the dark world of his self-amputation short.

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Renana Aldor Seeks Out the Missing Woman in Abstract Memory Short ‘La Femme Qui Cherhce’

Renana Aldor embarks on a miniaturised contemplation of memory and her relationship to her grandmother’s past in abstract short La Femme Qui Cherche.

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Documentary

Before Netflix Got Its GLOW Two Filmmakers Unearthed the True Story of The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling

Brett Whitcomb & Bradford Thomason tell DN how they rediscovered The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling in the doc that inspired the Netflix series GLOW.

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Music

Marcin Starzecki Pays Tribute to the “French Hitchcock” in Soniamiki’s Colour Infused Music Video ‘BWA’

Director Marcin Starzecki explains how he tapped into the spirit of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s unfinished final feature for his colour infused tribute 'BWA'.

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Music

A Lesbian Romance is Brutally Cut Down by Sexual Bigotry in Baltazar’s Evocative Music Video ‘Lluvia’

The Unlimited Films team provide their respective production vantage points of Baltazar's visceral music video about the bigoted destruction of real love.

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Music

Mitchell Stafiej Reveals the In-Camera Techniques Behind Petra Glynt’s Spinning One-Shot Promo ‘This Trip’

Mitchell Stafiej tells DN how he coupled the terrifying chaos of Petra Glynt's performance with a home made camera rig for his spinning one-shot promo.

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Live Action

A High School Basketball Prospect Fights to Get Back to the Top in Tanner Jarman’s ‘High Hoops’

Tanner Jarman imparts the lessons he learned the hard way when bringing his sports drama about shrinking opportunities & the pressure to succeed to screen.

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Art & Fashion

Ian Pons Jewell Creates Art with Lily Newmark and a 35mm Camera

Director Ian Pons Jewell returns for his fourth DN interview - discussing working with Lily Newmark & shooting on 35mm for his Art Fund – Miss Nothing

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Art & Fashion

Alexan Sarikamichian Ponders the Conundrum of Loving Two People at Once in ‘NOT YOUR GIRLS’

Alexan Sarikamichian talks about nudity, the male gaze and capturing unadulterated femininity in his alluring tale of teenage desire, guilt and confusion.

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