Female Protagonist Tag Archive

Live Action

Exploring the Boundaries of Elliptical Storytelling in Maria Pia Fanigliulo’s ‘Fragments of May’

Director Maria Pia Fanigliulo discusses how she approached crafting an elliptical tale of a young woman battling mental illness in her new short film

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Live Action

Jih-E Peng & Guy Pooles Capture the Pain of Early Heartbreak in ‘The Light and the Little Girl’

DoP Jih-E Peng joins us with director Guy Pooles to discuss how they went about capturing the ‘girl’s eye-view’ of burgeoning, delicate romance.

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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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Sean Dunne Cam Girlz

Documentary

Sean Dunne Explores the Lives of Internet Sex Workers in New Documentary ‘Cam Girlz’

Eager to make a film about women that challenge the establishment, we talk to director Sean Dunne about his latest documentary 'Cam Girlz' - a feature

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Awards, 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

The Camera

Shot whilst on vacation on a budget of $50, Peter Lewis’ debut short The Camera tells the story of a solitary girl who finds a mysterious camera that

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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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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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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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Art & Fashion

Flying Hair

Does exactly what it says on the tin, but ever so beautifully.

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Awards, Live Action, Podcasts

DN195: LIN – Piers Thompson

A man true to his word, director Piers Thompson returned to DN to discuss ‘the Bulgarian experience’ that was the filming of his BAFTA nominated

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Asides, Music Video

I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper: Amsterdamned

I have it on good authority from I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper that your boyfriend doesn’t love you anymore. Oh well, at least you’ll have Teemu

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