Short Film Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

Chloe Sarbib’s ‘Jensen’ Finds a Songwriter Struggling to Retain Her Sense of Self Before Taking Centre Stage

Chloe Sarbib explains why she deliberately engendered shifts in her directing style for her heartfelt music drama about identity and self-examination.

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Live Action, Premiere

Will Kenning Offers a Fresh Perspective on the Horrors of County Lines Drug Gangs in Dance Drama ‘Tap Boy’

Will Kenning chats to DN about combining the world of tap with the grim reality of exploitation perpetrated by drug gangs for his compelling drama short.

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Art & Fashion

VERSUS Exalt Western Sydney’s Multidisciplinary Pool of Creative Talent in Ambitious Shorts Series ‘Latitudes’

VERSUS discuss the unexpected cohesive aesthetic of their film trilogy showcasing Western Sydney's typically underrepresented and under-resourced artists.

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Kubrick by Candeilght

Live Action

David O’Reilly’s ‘Kubrick By Candlelight’ Pays a Playful Comic Homage to Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Barry Lyndon’

David O'Reilly reveals how he replicated precise camera movements, used VFX and hid lots of Easter Eggs in his ultimate short film homage to Barry Lyndon.

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Documentary

Will & Carly Capture the Worrying Reality of Male Perceptions of Breasts in ‘TITS: A Voyage Into Objectification’

Will & Carly speak about exploring the disparity between the fantasy of the male gaze and the reality of women’s breasts in their social experiment short.

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Almost Spring

Live Action, Premiere

Nastia Korkia’s ‘Almost Spring’ Brutally Lays Bare the Normalisation of Corruption in Everyday Russian Life

Nastia Korkia shares how she used a cinematic language of slow, methodical takes in order to show how deeply embedded corruption is in everyday Russian life.

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The Interview

Art & Fashion

Björn Swoboda & Eike Frederik Schulz Capture the Sultry Seductiveness of a Scent in ‘The Interview’

Björn Swoboda and Eike Frederik Schulz explain how they created a porous boundary between fantasy and reality for their alluring Retterspitz branded short.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Suburban Father’s Blistering Anger Boils Over into Family Confrontation in Daniel Turvil’s ‘This Much So Far’

Daniel Turvil discusses highlighting the pressure of life in the suburbs in his short about a man unleashing his anger on doll-like versions of his family.

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Live Action

Ryan Schnackenberg Confronts Filmmaker Rejection Head on in His Excruciating Short ‘The Screener’

Ryan Schnackenberg opens up about needing to confront his own experiences of rejection when making his uncomfortable short about challenging gatekeepers.

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Animation

A Spiral of Self-Doubt Ensues When a Woman Finds a Grey Hair in Eilidh Nicoll’s Animated Short ‘Silvering’

Eilidh Nicoll discusses the practical and creative purpose behind the stark black, white, pink and green colour scheme of her short about ageing insecurity.

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Live Action

A Young Woman Desperately Clings to Hope in a Brutal Reality in Zornitsa Dimitrova’s ‘A Dark Moment of Faith’

Zornitsa Dimitrova speaks to us about crafting a story which forces audiences to experience the shock of deceit in her hard hitting and unapologetic short.

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Live Action, Premiere

The Toxicity of a Strained Father-Son Relationship Comes to a Shocking Head in Ben Tricklebank’s ‘Champ’

Ben Tricklebank breaks down how he built narrative tension that speaks volumes from what isn't said in his exploration of a toxic parental relationship.

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