UK Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

One Room, Two People and Everything Left Unsaid in Iris Breward’s Fly in the Ointment Short ‘Afterplay’

Iris Breward digs into her method for crafting a comedy of avoidance where a couple in a bed, post-coital, deploy every weapon except honesty, and both lose.

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Article

“Your Maybe Is Also a No” Ita O’Brien on How Intimacy Coordination Changed the Film Industry for the Better

Ita O'Brien transformed how intimacy is created on screen and now brings her extensive knowledge of craft, clear consent and care to all with her new book.

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Film Festival

Poignant, Playful and Powerful: 10 Must-Watch Shorts from BFI Flare 2026

DN returns to BFI Flare, the UK's largest queer film festival, to curate a list of 10 unmissable LGBTQIA+ shorts being celebrated during it's 40th edition.

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Article, Film Festival

BFI Flare Programmer Diana Cipriano on the Evolution of LGBTQIA+ Cinema and the Festival’s 40th Anniversary

Ahead of the 40th Edition of BFI Flare, programmer Diana Cipriano guides DN through the team's inspiring curation process.

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Live Action, Premiere

Rhubarb’s Vivid Pink Bleeds Into the Murky Darkness of Dementia in Steven Boyle’s Stirring Surreal Short ‘Tusky’

Steven Boyle takes us inside crafting a candlelit portrait of dementia that is both unflinching and strangely beautiful as a farmer loses his grip on reality.

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Awards, Live Action

An Unlikely Friendship Blossoms in Lee Knight’s Touching Oscar-Nominated Short Film ‘A Friend of Dorothy’

Clearing the set to calm a nervous icon, Lee Knight reflects on creating a deeply safe and supportive environment for an absolute acting legend to shine.

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Article, Live Action

How the BBC Enabled New Voices to Take Creative Risks with Their Long Story Short Initiative

Jess Loveland, Head of New Writing at BBC Writers, and filmmakers Theo James Krekis & Annabel Vine join us to discuss the Long Story Short Initiative.

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Animation, Awards

J.P. Vine Unleashes Boundless Imagination for Kids and a Quiet Gut-Punch for Parents in BAFTA-Nominated ‘Cardboard’

With a considerate dual-audience approach J.P. Vine captivates with a story where kids see a space adventure & adults feel the weight of an overwhelmed father.

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Awards, Documentary

Georgie Wileman & Matt Houghton Transform Personal Pain with Radical Intimacy into BAFTA Doc ‘This Is Endometriosis’

Informed by her lived experience, Georgie Wileman joined forces with Matt Houghton to forge a new documentary language elucidating an invisible illness.

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Awards, Documentary

Huiju Park Directs Herself Through Family Trauma With Narrative Precision in BAFTA Doc Short ‘Welcome Home Freckles’

The second documentary nominated for Best British Short, Huija Park separates filmmaker from self in an intimate return home after four years of silence.

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Awards, Live Action

Edem Kelman Navigates the Dynamics of Faith and Family for London’s African Diaspora in BAFTA Short ‘Terence’

Edem Kelman on authentically capturing London's African diaspora as he sees them in his BAFTA-nominated story of a security guard with a special gift to heal.

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Animation, Awards

From Independent Production to Award Recognition: Luke Angus’s ‘Solstice’ and the Path to a BAFTA Nomination

Luke Angus reflects on staying motivated on his four-year solo animation and mimicking human camera errors to breathe life into his digital Arctic world.

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