Short Film Tag Archive

Animation, Awards

José Prats Reminds Us To Honour Our Parents With His BAFTA Nominated Short Film ‘Adiós’

When BAFTA recognition means your grandma finally understands your job: José Prats on bridging personal filmmaking and professional acclaim.

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Live Action

A Party Enigmatically Descends Into a Symphony of Chaos in Luke Eberl & Edgar Morais’ ‘We Won’t Forget’

Luke Eberl & Edgar Morais share the origins of their short about the callous nature of herd mentality and our compulsion to film social infractions.

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Awards, Live Action

A Father’s Loneliness Erupts Corporeally In Matty Crawford’s SXSW Winning BAFTA Body Horror ‘Stomach Bug’

Matty Crawford chats to DN about building the horror fuelled landscape of his psychological drama about a lonely parent suffering from empty nest syndrome.

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Awards, Live Action

A Singular Young Man’s Resiliency Captures the Collective Horrors of War in Franz Böhm’s ‘Rock Paper Scissors’

Franz Böhm breaks down how he built two distinct visual worlds in his BAFTA nominated Ukraine war drama where a makeshift hospital faces enemy attack.

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Awards, Documentary

Theo Panagopoulos Questions the Role of Image Making in Archival BAFTA Doc ‘The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing’

Theo Panagopoulos considers how images can both document the truth and perpetuate trauma when capturing humanity's fraught cyclical history.

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Film Festival

The 11 Short Films You Can’t Miss at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

Evil messiahs, feeding tubes, and talented locksmiths - the 2025 Sundance short film lineup delivers yet another eclectic viewing experience.

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Live Action

Brennan McGee Charts a Bizarre Journey Through the Human Psyche in Uncanny Short ‘Wesley Loses His Penis’

Brennan McGee reveals the formalist approach he took when shooting his psychologically absurd dark comedy about a man's surreal quest to find his member.

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Live Action

A Supposed Bank Heist Expresses the White Hot Rage of Suppressed Speech in Andrew De Zen’s ‘The Robbery’

Multi-DN alum Andrew De Zen opens up about the very personal and visceral feelings he poured into his deeply affecting Amnesty International campaign short.

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Film Festival

Presenting 10 Emerging Fresh Voices From London Film School’s 2025 Graduate Showcase

DN curates 10 of the most visually arresting and narratively impressive short films from the 2025 London Film School Graduate Showcase.

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Live Action

A Woman Endures the Silent Harassment of an Outwardly Innocuous Everyday Encounter in Debbie Howard’s ‘Safe’

Debbie Howard explains why handheld was the ideal aesthetic to fully immerse the audience in her disquietingly familiar short about unwanted male attention.

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Live Action, Premiere

William Grave’s ‘In My Day’ Peels Back the Layers of Bigotry With a Surprising Revelation

William Grave speaks to DN about creating a neutral almost timeless setting for his black and white drama about a cross-cultural couple battling prejudice.

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Animation

How Abandoning Filmmaking and Embracing Rural Life Inspired Pernille Kjær’s Short Film ‘Forår’ (Spring)

Filmmaker Pernille Kjær talks to us about playing with light and sound in her black & white animated exploration of place 'Forår' (Spring).

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