Short Film Tag Archive

Art & Fashion

Joan Bosch Contemplates the Desire for a Body Without a Soul in Experimental Short ‘Diary of Hidden Bodies’

Director Joan Bosch contemplates the desire to become merely matter, a physical body devoid of a soul in experimental short 'Diary of Hidden Bodies'.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Trio of Teenage Boys Struggle for Validation in Marius Myrmel’s Intimate Portrait of Masculinity ‘Armor’

Marius Myrmel explains why he felt compelled to create an intimate portrait of 3 teenage boys struggling to gain validation from their peers in 'Armor'.

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Asides, Documentary

In Flux

Nils Clauss and Udo Lee document an intercultural couple's attempt to create an elixir to transcend language barriers and unlock the secret to telepathy.

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Live Action, Premiere

Three Troubled Men Collide in Charlie Brafman & Magnus McCullagh’s Anthology Western ‘The Rabbit’s Foot’

Charlie Brafman and Magnus McCullagh take DN through the key creative decisions behind their darkly humorous anthology western 'The Rabbit's Foot'.

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Documentary

Matt Hopkins’ Follows Britain’s Most Exciting Zero-Waste Restaurant in ‘A Failure of the Imagination’

Matt Hopkins talks to DN about creating short doc 'A Failure of the Imagination' about the first five years of ground breaking zero-waste restaurant Silo.

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Animation, Film Festival, Live Action

Sam Gainsborough Takes Claymation Life-Size with Stop-Motion/Live-Action Hybrid ‘Facing It’

NFTS graduate Sam Gainsborough joins us to discuss how he used about "half a tonne of plasticine" in his inventive grad film 'Facing It'.

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Film Festival, Live Action

A Forgotten Love Spans Generations in Marta González De La Vega’s Spanish Romance Short ‘Mai’

Marta Gonzales tells DN how she used colour to construct distinct past/present visuals & took on multiple roles for her debut romance Spanish short 'Mai'.

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Animation

“Reality is Told Through Dream Imagery” Cassie Shao Discusses Her Grad Film ‘There Were Four of Us’

Director Cassie Shao explains how a three year old dream inspired her animated grad film 'There Were Four of Us'.

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Live Action

David Rusanow Unravels a Mystery as Tensions Boil over in Short Family Drama ‘Mother’

Director David Rusanow reveals how he adapted a popular comic book for the screen and his decision to leave the ending open in short drama 'Mother'.

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Live Action

A Y2K Doomsday Cult Get Picky About Who’ll Join Them in the Afterlife in Ben Kitnick’s Comedy ‘Exit Statement’

Ben Kitnick reveals how improvisation was a key ingredient of his quirky comedy about a Y2K doomsday cult's mass suicide plans gone awry 'Exit Statement'.

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Animation, Premiere

Luca Cioci Examines the Destructive Life of Routine in CalArts Short ‘Medium Rare’

Recent CalArts graduate Luca Cioci joins us to discuss why stop-motion was the perfect form for his short film 'Medium Rare'.

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Art & Fashion, Documentary

Irmãos Meirelles Discover the Inspiration Hidden in Mundane Moments in Artist Profile Doc ‘Murayama’

Irmãos Meirelles explore the hidden complexity inside mundane & seemingly irrelevant moments which lead us to new ideas in artist profile doc 'Murayama'.

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