Female Protagonist Tag Archive

Live Action

Minhal Baig on How She Blended Horror & Documentary to Explore Suicide in ‘After Sophie’

“I really hope that people are genuinely creeped out.” - talented Director Minhal Baig joins us to discuss her haunting new short.

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Martino Prendini Animates 6000+ Hand-Drawn Images in Female Empowerment Dance Short ‘An Exit’

Martino Prendini gives form to the power of female agency through a medley of animation techniques realised over 6000+ individual hand-drawn frames.

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Documentary

Mediasekta Unveil the Heart of a Warrior in Female MMA Fighter Documentary ‘Into the Octagon’

Mediasekta's documentary short shares martial artist Viktoria Veres' reflections as she enters the harsh world of professional mixed martial arts.

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Live Action

Juanjo Giménez Reveals Secret Connections Between the CCTV Scan Lines in Palme d’Or Winning Short ‘Timecode’

Free expression and human connections subvert the authoritarian nature of CCTV in Juanjo Giménez's Palme d'or winning, Oscar contending short film.

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Live Action

Where the Woods End

Felix Ahrens examines the destructive nature of guilt in his student Oscar winning short film about a police officer who fatally shoots an innocent man.

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Film Festival, Live Action

Zoology

Ivan I. Tverdovsky explores individualism and dictated uniformity in his story of a solitary woman who is given a new lease of life when she grows a tail.

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Documentary, Film Festival

Jewel’s Catch One

C.Fitz's new documentary focuses on a real life hero, a women who for over 40 years supported the LGBT and black community from her nightclub, Catch One.

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Art & Fashion

Winter Eclipse

Pablo Maestres' new fashion film for Delpozo's Autumn/Winter collection brings the label's exquisite garments to life in a surreal, immersive fantasy.

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Live Action

Running Eagle

Konrad Tho Fiedler heads into the frozen climes of the Blackfeet Nation reservation for the unblinking story of a desperate American Indian girl on the run.

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Animation

Sea Child

Minha Kim joins us to discuss her NFTS grad film 'Sea Child' - an 8-min short blending an unsettling storyline with vivid hand-painted animation.

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Live Action

The Female Spirit Wins Out in Amanda Milius’ Post-Apocalyptic Western ‘The Lotus Gun’

DN talks to Director Amanda Milius about morality and clashing cultures at the end of the world in her USC thesis film 'The Lotus Gun'.

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Music

Take a Multi-Generational Pilgrimage Across Mexico in Jorge G. Camarena’s ‘La China’

DN invited Director Jorge G. Camarena and his team to share the epic production journey they embarked on to create Porter's ‘La China’ music video

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