Loss Archives - Directors Notes

Tony Farfalla Turns the Lingering Ghost of a Past Love Into a Tender Duet in ‘The Space Between Us’

A shared cigarette becomes an intricate mechanism of connection and restraint in Tony Farfalla's intimate dance short exploring the innumerable forms of love.

Live Action

Grief Wears the Face of a Stranger Who Arrives With the Storm in Kalani Gacon’s Himalayan Drama ‘Family Man’

Kalani Gacon conjures a missing father from the rain in his near-wordless Himalayan myth where image, weather and a single song carry the unsayable.

Live Action, Premiere

Randa Ali Traverses a Delicate Exploration of Memory and a Daughter’s Mourning of Her Estranged Father in ‘Mango’

Randa Ali’s 'Mango' depicts the delicate bonds between memory, loss, and the spaces that hold them, as a woman returns to her family house for the last time.

Awards, Documentary

Hilla Medalia on Silent Protest, Sorrow and Her Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘Children No More: Were and are Gone’

Hilla Medalia discusses filming a female-led Tel Aviv vigil where silence becomes the most radical, devastating protest against the killing of innocents.

Live Action, Premiere

Amir Youssef Constructs a Tender Child’s-Eye View of Personal Loss Amongst Historical Rupture in ‘Dawn Every Day’

Using wide lenses and a meticulous B&W palette, director Amir Youssef locks us at eye-level with an eight-year-old boy grappling with a world coming apart.

Animation

Friendship Endures After a Fall in Julien Piau’s Touching Micro-Short ‘PÉRILLEUX RACCOURCI’

Julien Piau talks to DN about his new micro-short which opens with a literal cliffhanger when two acolytes attempt to take a mountain shortcut.

Music Video

Paul Wright Unravels the Tangle of Memory in Horror-Tinged Music Video 'You Did This To Me'

Director Paul Wright’s 'You Did This To Me' takes a gruesome look at the desperation of loss and recall. DN invited Wright to take us inside the production

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.

Loss Tag Archive

Tony Farfalla Turns the Lingering Ghost of a Past Love Into a Tender Duet in ‘The Space Between Us’

Grief Wears the Face of a Stranger Who Arrives With the Storm in Kalani Gacon’s Himalayan Drama ‘Family Man’

Randa Ali Traverses a Delicate Exploration of Memory and a Daughter’s Mourning of Her Estranged Father in ‘Mango’

Hilla Medalia on Silent Protest, Sorrow and Her Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘Children No More: Were and are Gone’

Amir Youssef Constructs a Tender Child’s-Eye View of Personal Loss Amongst Historical Rupture in ‘Dawn Every Day’

Friendship Endures After a Fall in Julien Piau’s Touching Micro-Short ‘PÉRILLEUX RACCOURCI’

Paul Wright Unravels the Tangle of Memory in Horror-Tinged Music Video 'You Did This To Me'

Melissa Anastasi Takes a Meditative Look at Life, Loss and Longing in ‘This Feral Life’

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