Short Film Tag Archive

Film Festival

Reading & Leeds 2021 Cinema Tent Shorts…It’s Good to be Back

A time honoured tradition DN re-emerges into the world for our Cinema Tent shorts programme, screening live at the Reading & Leeds festivals this weekend.

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Live Action

Denzel Whitaker Spotlights the Toxic Collision of Modern Celebrity, Cancel Culture and Mental Health in ‘5150′

We talk to Denzel Whitaker about delving into the power of modern celebrity in our culture and the complexities of race in America in short film '5150'.

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Live Action

A Displaced Hawaiian Native Takes a Cryptic Job in Bradley Tangonan’s Mythic Drama ‘River of Small Gods’

Bradley Tangonan explains how he intertwined the stories of past and present to create a contemporary myth for his Hawaiian drama 'River of Small Gods'.

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Live Action

Saul Abraham Deftly Tackles the Friction Between Masculine Stereotypes and Male Mental Health in ‘Enjoy’

Saul Abraham talks us through the careful precautions he and his crew took to portraying male mental health on-screen for his tender drama 'Enjoy'.

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Live Action

Eno Crafts an Ode to the Agony of Orphaned Creative Ideas in Referential Ad Satire ‘The Pitch’

Eno shares how his own experiences working in treatments fuelled the satirical basis of his hilarious advertising call comedy short 'The Pitch'.

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Art & Fashion

Tony Wang Encourages Us to Share Our Inner Emotions Through One-Take Dance Short ‘Kindred Bodies’

Tony Wang reveals how the creative distillation of his dance film resulted in its emotive choreography being captured in a single observational shot.

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Live Action

Rodrigo Inada & NONO’s Experimental Short ‘Terra Cene’ Casts a Time Capsule as an Urgent Message of Awareness

Rodrigo Inada and NONO discuss the aesthetic lure of shooting on location in Ukraine for 16mm short 'Terra Cene', a film about (how to stop) a countdown.

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Eyes at The Specter Glass

Animation, Premiere

Matthew Wade’s ‘Eyes at the Specter Glass’ is Abstract Cinema at Its Most Wondrous

Matthew Wade tells DN why he wanted to embrace the natural disintegration of his images for memorising animated sci-fi trip 'Eyes at the Specter Glass'.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Battle of Bravado Ensues Between Cyclists in Ben Marshall’s Comedy ‘MAMILS (Middle Aged Men in Lycra)’

Ben Marshall walks us through the advantages he found of structuring his comedy short's hectic shooting day to allow for the magic of improvisation.

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Documentary

Talia Pasqua & Simeon Pratt Celebrate the Power of Community in Roller Derby Documentary ‘Round & Round’

Talia Pasqua & Simeon Pratt explain the run-and-gun approach they took capturing the Windy City Rollers for their uplifting short doc 'Round & Round'.

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Diamonds Into Dust

Music Video

James Price Translates 70s New York into Modern Glasgow in Lo-Fi Crime Music Video ‘Diamonds Into Dust’

James Price returns to discuss using a humble handheld camera to create exhilarating Americana-influenced Glasgow crime music video 'Diamonds Into Dust'.

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Live Action, Premiere

Folkert Verdoorn Satirises the Grandiose Purpose of the Modern Popstar in ‘The Performer’

Folkert Verdoorn breaks down the rhythmic editing structure he utilised to convey a popstar's bizarre pre-show ritual process for comedy 'The Performer'.

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