Short Film Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

Lewis Attey Tells the Punctuated History of a Lonely Drifter Across His Multi-Year Short Drama ‘Basil’

Lewis Attey reveals the unique production challenges of shooting multiple chapters for his short drama across an eight year period.

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Live Action, Premiere

Sylvain Cruiziat Brutally Skewers the Privileged Preaching of the Art World in Unsettling Satire ‘The Raft’

Sylvain Cruiziat talks to DN about critiquing the art world's self-serving response to the refugee crises in his blistering metafictional satire.

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Film Festival

Ten Great Films From the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2022

Wild, experimental, funny & never short of imagination DN rounds up 10 favourites from the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2022.

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Live Action, Premiere

Alexandra Velasco Depicts a Spiralling Descent Into Madness in Art-Horror Short ‘The Seventh Circle’

Alexandra Velasco reveals how the dark energy of the Baxter-Hodiak house manifested itself within her art-horror film about a murderous man in limbo.

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Live Action

A Chatty Man Instigates an Unsettling Conversation in Larry Ketang & Liam White’s Thriller ‘Punch-Drunk’

Liam White speaks to the narrative importance of the near single-shot cinematography in his tense co-directed short drama about an unexpected meeting.

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Art & Fashion

Riffy Ahmed Encapsulates the Intensity of Migration in Experimental Greek Myth Adaptation ‘Medea’

Riffy Ahmed breaks down the experimental cinematic approach to narrative in her BIPOC-centric reinterpretation of Euripides' original play.

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Film Festival

Ten Must-See Short Films Available to Stream at the 2022 National Film Festival for Talented Youth

DN distils the stellar lineup of shorts on offer at NFFTY 2022 down to a bite-size list of ten recommendations to add to your watch list.

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Live Action

Elizabeth Godar & Mitch deQuilettes Satirise a Competitive Couples Hiking League in Mockumentary ‘Hill Hikers’

Co-Directors Elizabeth Godar and Mitch deQuilettes take DN inside the spot on parodying of the virtue signalling couples in their comedy short.

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Animation

Jack Gray Examines the Absurdity of Everyday Routines in His Jam-Packed Looping Animation ‘Menagerie’

Jack Gray tells DN how his love of people watching informed the genesis of his animated paean to the cyclical nature of everyday mundane tasks.

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Live Action

Anna Fredrikke Bjerke’s ‘Exposed’ Examines the Friction Between Personal Boundaries & Supposed Artistic Integrity

Anna Fredrikke Bjerke takes us inside the gripping rhythm of her status quo challenging exploration of power dynamics and skewed gender expectations.

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Art & Fashion

Paul Ward’s Surfing Film ‘Luck is Alive’ Creates a Kaleidoscopic Portrait of Animist Philosophy

Paul Ward talks us through shooting with a minimal crew while combining on the-the-fly footage, animation and special effects in his gorgeous surfing film.

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Art & Fashion

Diana Olifirova’s Solo Dance Film ‘Intrance’ is a Haunting Portrait of Life in the Shadow of Conflict

Diana Olifirova discusses using circular imagery, natural light & an expressive colour palette to capture life on the edge in her self-portrait dance film.

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