Short Film Tag Archive

Film Festival, Live Action

A Man Suffers a Crisis of Communication in Benjamin Cleary & TJ O’Grady Peyton Comedy ‘Wave’

Co-directors Benjamin Cleary & TJ O'Grady Peyton discuss their funny and moving short about a man isolated by the barrier of an unintelligible language.

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Film Festival, Live Action

A Down’s Syndrome Boxer Must Withstand a Pre-Bout Battle of Wills in Bugsy Riverbank Steel’s ‘Fighter’

Ten minutes before a match, a Down’s syndrome boxer fights for his right to get in the ring in Bugsy Riverbank Steel’s visceral short.

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Film Festival, Live Action

An Iranian Wife Embraces an Opportunistic Route of Escape in Kaveh Mazaheri’s Award Winning Short ‘Retouch’

Kaveh Mazaheri discusses working within Iran's censorship system and staging a convincing accidental death for his multi-award winning short 'Retouch'.

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Live Action

A Woman Tries Not to Drown in a Sea of Guilt in Nickolas Duarte’s ‘Trouble Will Find Her’

Nickolas Duarte explains how he was able to embody guilt as a foreboding, pervasive presence in his melancholic character drama ‘Trouble Will Find Her’.

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Animation, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN352: In Conversation with Legendary Filmmaker Chris Shepherd

DN caught up with Chris Shepherd to reflect on his celebrated career and return to the hybrid world of animated/live action violence in 'Johnno’s Dead'.

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Film Festival

23rd Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival Wrap Up

DN looks back at some of our favourite shorts from this year’s bevy of films at the mighty Encounters film festival.

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Live Action

Clim & Jade De Robles Find the Fun in Falling out in Sumptuously Styled Frenemy Short ‘985 Days’

Clim and Jade De Robles explain how they found the fun in falling out in their sumptuously styled surreal frenemy short '985 Days'.

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Art & Fashion

Jake Dypka Challenges the Binary Nature of Societal Gender Stereotypes in Experiential 3D Short ‘Pink or Blue’

Director Jake Dypka & spoken word artist Hollie McNish explore the confines of gender in modern society through 3D experiential short 'Pink or Blue'.

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Documentary

Aurélien Heilbronn Takes an Exhilarating Look at Illegal Motorbike Racing Gangs in Doc ‘Street Racers’

Aurélien Heilbronn discusses documenting the lives of the thrill seeking teens behind the Dominican Republic's illegal motorbike street races.

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Documentary

Bas Berkhout Takes a Playful Dive Beyond the Artist’s Creative Process in ‘The Story of Jon Burgerman’

DN quizzes Bas Berkhout about the origins, processes and intentions of his ongoing short documentary excavation of the inner lives of popular creatives.

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Documentary

Kelly Creedon Follows a Future Star on His Ascendance to the Spotlight in Documentary ‘In This World’

Kelly Creedon tells DN about the experience of documenting the life of triple threat, 15 year old actor, singer and comedian Courvosier ‘Vosiey’ Cox.

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Animation, Live Action

Girls on Film 2: Before Dawn – Peccadillo Pictures’ Eclectic Collection of Award-Winning Lesbian & Feminist Shorts

Curator Diane Gabrysiak & filmmaker Lorelei Pepi talk to DN about Peccadillo Pictures' new eclectic collection of award-winning lesbian & feminist shorts.

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