Toxic Masculinity Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

Hector Bell Unmasks the Performatively So Called Enlightened Modern Man in His Body-Horror Short ‘Skin Deep’

Hector Bell discusses crafting a character whose private vice literally erupts across his girlfriend's skin, every visit blooming as her fresh personal hell.

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Documentary, Premiere

Edie Amos Crafts a Vital Poetic Antidote to the Manosphere’s Toxicity in Her Sam Browne Documentary ‘Just a Boy’

Edie Amos' timely 16mm doc challenges and redefines masculinity in the modern age with a blend of striking visuals and the powerful words of poet Sam Browne.

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Live Action

Isabella Eklöf on Condemning the Ones We Love in Her Adaptation of Nick Cave’s ‘The Death of Bunny Munro’

Isabella Eklöf talks to DN about her TV adaptation of Nick Cave's novel, starring Matt Smith as a sex addicted salesman in what may be his best performance

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Live Action, Premiere

Ellen Rodnianski’s Claustrophobic Short ‘Family Matters’ Probes the Moral Paralysis Behind Systemic Violence

Forcing audiences to confront complicity, Ellen Rodnianski explains how the moral inaction in her short mirrors societal apathy towards large scale violence.

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Live Action, Premiere

Self-Destruction Stymies a Deadbeat Dad’s Attempt To Reconnect With His Son in George-Alex Nagle’s Taut Drama ‘Mate’

Faced with a flawed ending, George-Alex Nagle explains how a reshoot led to a more complex and ultimately superior conclusion for his fraught familial drama.

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Live Action, Premiere

Politeness Becomes Horror in Dave Paige’s Socially Anxious Dark Comedy ‘Deep Tish’

Dave Paige shares the inciting awkward massage which triggered his amusement, sparking the idea for his darkly comedic tale of socially anxious politeness.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Rancorous Soul Refuses a Last Chance for Redemption in David Leon’s Cautionary Tale ‘Converse Blues’

David Leon reveals how he tonally distinguished the three worlds of his allegorical tale cautioning against making the same mistakes as those who came before.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Clown’s First Birthday Party Gig Devolves Into a Pitched Battle of Masculinity in Iris Breward’s ‘Sidney’

Iris Breward discusses crafting the dual tones of her short about an aspiring performer's optimism vs the harsh reality of working as a children's party clown.

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Awards, Live Action

As Trust Is Broken Toxic Masculinity & Violence Take Hold in Christopher Andrews’ BIFA Thriller ‘Bring Them Down’

BIFA winning director Christopher Andrews speaks to us about his use of a shifting visual language to ratchet up the tension in his bold feature debut.

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Art & Fashion

Stefan Hunt Skewers Aussie Masculinity and Piss Up Culture in Raucous Dance Short ‘Yeah The Boys’

Stefan Hunt talks blending the rambunctious reality of Australian masculinity with the expressive qualities of dance in his boisterous choreographic short.

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Live Action, Premiere

Pack Mentality Transforms Idle Teens Into a Feral Gang in Barnaby Blackburn’s Anxiety Inducing Drama ‘Pylon’

Barnaby Blackburn discusses why he wanted to lead his audience unwillingly through the high tension drama of his tale of sibling rivalry and false bravado.

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Live Action, Premiere

Audrey Mascina’s ‘Ludo’ Pointedly Subverts Our Expectations of Two Women Stumbling Down a Deserted Road at Night

Audrey Mascina talks about the importance of audiences seeing representations of powerful women on screen like those in her late night deserted road set drama.

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