Identity Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

A Clown’s First Birthday Party Gig Devolves Into a Pitched Battle of Masculinity in Iris Breward’s ‘Sidney’

Iris Breward discusses crafting the dual tones of her short about an aspiring performer's optimism vs the harsh reality of working as a children's party clown.

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Awards, Live Action

James Krishna Floyd on Moving Into the Director’s Chair for His Multi-BIFA Nominated Debut ‘Unicorns’

With his debut feature up for 7 BIFAs James Krishna Floyd discusses the rich complexity of characters who wear masks and the beauty of realism drag on screen.

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Documentary

Tomas Kamphuis’ Poetic Documentary ‘Art Chooses Us’ Contemplates What It Means to Be an Artist in Africa

Tomas Kamphuis breaks down the free-flowing improvisational approach he used to delve into the African art scene through the eyes of four diverse artists.

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Live Action

Torn Between Ambition and Life’s Competing Demands a Woman Faces Her Fragmented Personas in David Findlay’s ‘Faces’

David Findlay discusses the melding of music and sound design integral to his fast paced descent into the surreality of a woman's frantic subconscious.

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

A Nun Untangles the Threads of Her Sense of Self in Cécile Embleton & Alys Tomlinson’s ‘Mother Vera’

Cécile Embleton & Alys Tomlinson speak to us about the multi-year journey of their Grierson Award winning doc about a young nun facing deep inner conflict.

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Live Action

Iggy London’s Dreamlike ‘Area Boy’ Finds a Young Man Questioning His Place in the World Ahead of His Baptism

Iggy London explains why 16mm was the perfect vehicle for the timeless thematics and transcendental narrative of his coming of age identity short.

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Live Action, Premiere

Amelia Sears’ ‘Three’ Dives Into the Psyche of a New Mother Fervently Grappling With Her Identity

Amelia Sears explains how she captured the difficulty of redefining your sense of self in the destabilising wake of becoming a mother for the first time.

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Live Action

A Couple Investigate Their Mutating Cloning Ability in Peter Collins Campbell’s Sci-Fi Short ‘Variations on a Theme’

Peter Collins Campbell unpacks the wizardry behind the split-screen visuals of his short about a couple who can duplicate into new versions of themselves.

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Awards, Documentary

A Personal Search for Identity Is Reflected Through a Wider Geopolitical Context in S. Leo Chiang’s ‘Island in Between’

S. Leo Chiang discusses his aim for achieving a universality of understanding in his Oscar doc examining the complicated relationship between Taiwan & China.

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Live Action

Charlie Reader’s Emotionally Charged Short ‘Lobo’ Questions the Struggles of Belonging Through Heart Wrenching Loss.

Charlie Reader talks about the complexities of straddling three languages when shooting his exploration of belonging and the inevitability of change.

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Documentary

NONO & Rodrgio Inada’s Epic ‘Naija Odyssey’ for Whatsapp Reconciles the Fundamentals of Identity and Belonging

NONO & Rodrgio Inada layout the methodical juggling needed to pull off the ambitious multi-country production of their Giannis Antetokounmpo profile film.

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Awards, Live Action

A Woman’s Journey Home Takes a Series of Unexpected Turns in Eirik Tveiten’s Oscar Nominated ‘Night Ride’.

Eirik Tveiten discusses abruptly shifting gears from comical caper to an atmosphere of menacing threat in his short about standing up to bigoted prejudice.

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