Short Film Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

Ramiel Petros’ Touching Student Oscar/BAFTA Drama ‘Aziz’ Takes Three Friends On a Devastating Desert Road Trip

Ramiel Petros details bringing 1980s Iraqi history vividly to life in his mournful, based on a true story short about friendship, war and grief.

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Music Video

Jesse Leaman Dances Through a Nightmarish Reality in His Compelling Video for Sam Phay’s ‘After Life’

Jesse Leaman tells DN how he and his team rallied together to create a distinctive dance music video with minimal crew and a microbudget.

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Animation

Naaman Azhari Combines Dance and Rotoscoped Animation in His Touching LGBTQ Drama ‘Breathless Puppets’

Naaman Azhari digs into the process of scriptwriting to best showcase Akram Khan’s poetic choreography in his poignant what could have been LGBTQ drama.

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Mother Dearest

Live Action

Joseph Chebatte Provides a Compelling, Rule-Breaking One-Man Monologue with Short Film ‘Mother Dearest’

Joseph Chebatte digs into the 180 rule breaks, jarring tone shifts & compelling Charles Alexander performance which underpin his gangland soliloquy short.

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Live Action

Andzej Gavriss Reveals the Untold Story of PTSD in His Powerful Ukraine Refugee Short ‘Uprooted’

Andzej Gavriss describes how he channelled the devastating stories and experiences of Ukrainian refugees into his powerful campaign film.

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Documentary

Christian Schultz’ Lyrical Documentary ‘Infinite Blue’ Creates a Unique Portrait of Life on the Margins

Christian Schultz & Oscar Ignacio Jiménez discuss the lyrical voiceover and stark monochrome photography behind their intimate depiction of homelessness.

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Music Video

Kimberly Stuckwisch Channels Angel Olsen’s Journey of Self-Discovery in Her Dreamlike Short ‘Big Time’

Kimberly Stuckwisch opens up about the process of collaborating with Angel Olsen throughout the making of their dreamlike LGBTQ album film.

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Art & Fashion

Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah Highlights the Vibrancy of Black Stories With Celebratory MTV Branded Short ‘Noitamalcer’

Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah explains how she subverted stories of black pain with her vibrant joyous Juneteenth-set branded short.

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Animation, Premiere

Serafima Serafimova Puts a Magnifying Glass up to Gender Imbalance & Binary Societal Pressure in ‘The Unfair Sex’

Serafima Serafimova shares the lived frustrations and all-encompassing creative process which propelled the momentum of her thought-provoking short.

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A Man's World

Live Action

Jens Josephs’ ‘A Man’s World’ Places Sergio Leone’s Aesthetic Within a Bizarre L.A. Apartment Dispute

Jens Josephs takes us inside the satisfying zippy style, over-emphasised sound design and rapid-fire dialogue of his zany western-comedy hybrid.

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Live Action

Marco Lawson’s ‘The Dinner’ Perfectly Captures the Dangerous Mix of Social Anxiety and Heavy Drinking

With dark lighting, close angles and an improvisatory feel, Marco Lawson explains how he expertly captured the awkwardness of keeping up with the in-laws.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Starving Wolf Crawls Inside Human Skin in Solmund MacPherson’s Absurd Comedy ‘Wolf in Dude’s Clothing’

Solmund MacPherson reveals how the farcical nature of everyday life inspired his short film about a wolf hiding inside a human skin.

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