Short Film Tag Archive

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Animation

Inside the Hypnotic World of ‘Shapes’: How Tsz-wing Ho Let Music Lead the Way

Animator Tsz-wing Ho returns to DN to share how mastering time management and connecting deeply with music inspired the creation of mesmerising film 'Shapes'.

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Animation, Premiere

An Aspiring Accordion Player Falls Prey To Insidious Exploitation in Eva Louise Hall’s Stop Motion Horror ‘Mira’

From a modest thesis project to a celebrated festival short, Eva Louise Hall reveals the unexpected journey of her dark tale of abusive creative relationships.

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Live Action, Premiere

Ellen Rodnianski’s Claustrophobic Short ‘Family Matters’ Probes the Moral Paralysis Behind Systemic Violence

Forcing audiences to confront complicity, Ellen Rodnianski explains how the moral inaction in her short mirrors societal apathy towards large scale violence.

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Art & Fashion

Alyosha Fuses 18th Century Hedonism With Modern Rave Culture in His Branded Short ‘Rave Or Freeze’ for Posié

With frenetic camera moves to give the pieces an unpredictable, dazzling life of their own, Alyosha breaks down crafting a film to make diamond jewellery pop.

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Live Action, Premiere

Tobias Frøystad & Tayo Cittadella Cultivate a Surreal Harvest of Human Exploitation in ‘Fuck the Crops’

Tobias Frøystad & Tayo Cittadella discuss using rack focus to guide viewers through their haunting allegorical fable which is both darkly absurd and direct.

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Live Action, Premiere

Matthew Rollins Blends Cosmic Seeking and Earthly Comedy in His Spiritual Sci-Fi Short ‘Stellan and the Stars’

Discover how Matthew Rollins harnessed a kinetic, handheld visual style to place us directly inside a jaded DJ's chemically-assisted, disoriented headspace.

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Live Action, Premiere

Huse Monfaradi Traces the Fractures of Grief, Guilt and Unlikely Forgiveness in His Intimate Prison Drama ‘One Punch’

Huse Monfaradi outlines the less-is-more 3:2 static framing amplifying an intense confrontation where a prisoner racked with guilt meets his victim's parents.

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Film Festival, Live Action

10 Striking Shorts From the 69th Edition of the BFI London Film Festival

This year's most exciting LFF shorts trend is a cohesive push into experiential cinema. These 10 titles transport you to their bizarre & brilliant realities.

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Art & Fashion, Premiere

Movement Articulates Unspoken Vulnerability in Jessie Oldfield & Adam Murfet’s Collaborative Healing Short ‘As One’

Co-directors Jessie Oldfield & Adam Murfet detail their use of a wordless dance to express a shared journey from dark isolation to vulnerable connection.

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Animation, Premiere

Feelings of Tenderness and Dread Collide in Amanda Bonaiuto’s Surreal Animation ‘Confetti’

Animator Amanda Bonaiuto joins us to discuss how tone and direction has guided her distinct approach to filmmaking and why she's wary of the trap of 'style'.

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Live Action

Tensions Boil Over as Preconceptions Shatter Amid the Hectic Heat of a Takeaway in Luís Hindman’s ‘MAGID / ZAFAR’

Luís Hindman breaks down his maximalist approach of building three distinct spaces within a busy British Pakistani takeaway for his LFF premiering short.

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Live Action, Premiere

Konstantin Enste Examines Our Skewed Relationship With AI Assistants in Wry Comedy ‘The Death of the Machine’

Konstantin Enste dissects the need to grow and the self-imposed barriers that can prevent it, through a man’s over-reliance on his overworked AI assistant.

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