Short Film Tag Archive

Live Action

Charlie Watts on Making Every Second Count in His Multi-Layered One-Shot Micro Short ‘Under’

Charlie Watts discusses ratcheting up the tension in his 77 second, one-shot micro-short ‘Under’ - the story of four individuals under one bridge.

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Live Action

A Young Woman Tries to Find Harmony Between Her Past & Future Selves in Clément Oberto’s ‘Unacceptable Behavior’

Clément Oberto discusses 'Unacceptable Behavior' his portrait of a young woman trying to find harmony in the balance between childhood and adulthood.

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Live Action

A Bodybuilder Falls Under the Spell of a Financial Dominatrix in Hunt Beaty’s Modern Kink Short ‘Pay Pig’

DN speaks to director Hunt Beaty about finding inspiration in the vast world of internet powered fetishes for his financial domination short 'Pay Pig'.

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Asides

Kew’s Marianne North

Rok Predin brings the beautiful paintings by renowned Victorian botanical artist Marianne North to stunning animated life for International Woman’s Day.

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Live Action, Premiere

Jamieson Pearce Queries Morality and Mother/Son Dynamics in his Short Film Drama ‘Adult’

Jamieson Pearce tells DN how he approached his dramatic exploration of the emotional complexity of parental relationships in queer drama short 'Adult'.

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Art & Fashion

Will & Carly Confront a Rising Tide of Youth Violence in Poetic Anti-Knife Crime Short ‘No More Knives LDN’

Directing duo Will & Carly tell DN why they felt compelled to address escalating knife crime by combining slam poetry & 16mm film in 'No More Knives LDN'.

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Live Action

Daniel McKee Unravels the Missing Person Narrative From the Perspective of a Phone Screen in Thriller ‘if you never

DN speaks with Daniel McKee about how he was able to build suspense and develop a structured story from a phone in his thriller 'if you never answered x'.

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Animation

Born Randomly on the Parisian Metro Kadavre Exquis Joins Us to Discuss Eclectic Animated Short ‘.MP4’

Kadavre Exquis returns to Directors Notes for the first time in almost five years to discuss his eccentric pixel animation short film '.MP4'.

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Art & Fashion, Asides

FAKE

Videographer/Photographer Valentina Quijada perfectly captures the languid leisure of youth in her beautifully styled fashion spot 'FAKE'.

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Animation, Asides

Le Cerf-Voliste

ASA students Lucie Andouche & Cécile Despretz present this succinct, sombre & colourful short about the relationship between a boy, a girl & their kites.

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Animation, Asides

Food Play

Director Alon Isocianu and Toronto Studio Reactiv bring together the worlds of food and sports in their playfully inventive short 'Food Play'.

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Animation, Live Action

We Are The Weirdos: The Final Girls Present A Selection of the Best Horror Shorts in Recent Years

DN converses with the We Are The Weirdos filmmakers about the methods and inspiration behind their exciting, inventive horror films.

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