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Animation

How “Personal Experience” Inspired Anushka Naanayakkara to Create a Stop-Motion Love Story Made From Wool

NFTS graduate Anushka Naanayakkara joins us to discuss the inspiration and production behind BAFTA-winning stop-motion short film 'A Love Story'.

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Asides, Music Video

Luna

A young girl dreams her hard-working single mother as a larger than life magical creature in Giovanni Bolzani Valenzano’s homage to motherhood 'Luna'.

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Animation, Asides, Music Video

Jack Savoretti: Christmas Morning

Karni&Saul transport us to a heartwarming family duvet fantasy in their animated music video for Jack Savoretti’s Yuletide track 'Christmas Morning'.

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Live Action, Premiere

Three Troubled Men Collide in Charlie Brafman & Magnus McCullagh’s Anthology Western ‘The Rabbit’s Foot’

Charlie Brafman and Magnus McCullagh take DN through the key creative decisions behind their darkly humorous anthology western 'The Rabbit's Foot'.

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Documentary

Matt Hopkins’ Follows Britain’s Most Exciting Zero-Waste Restaurant in ‘A Failure of the Imagination’

Matt Hopkins talks to DN about creating short doc 'A Failure of the Imagination' about the first five years of ground breaking zero-waste restaurant Silo.

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Animation, Film Festival, Live Action

Sam Gainsborough Takes Claymation Life-Size with Stop-Motion/Live-Action Hybrid ‘Facing It’

NFTS graduate Sam Gainsborough joins us to discuss how he used about "half a tonne of plasticine" in his inventive grad film 'Facing It'.

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Documentary

Jessica Bishopp Explores the Sexual Undercurrent of the Suburban 70s in Hybrid Documentary ‘PAMPAS’

Director Jessica Bishopp talks the production secrets behind 'PAMPAS', her Random Acts exploration of the 70s, suburban myths, foliage and female desire.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN369: Henry Blake Exposes the Cruel Exploitation of Britain’s Youth by Drugs Gangs in Shocking Debut ‘County Lines’

Director Henry Blake reveals the many ways his proof-of-concept short paved the way for the creation of his powerful debut feature 'County Lines'.

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Animation

The Romance and Poetry of Dying Industrial Towns is Explored in Jordan Buckner’s debut short ‘//_sleeper’

"I want to just do this until the sun burns out" - Jordan Buckner explains how his debut short '//_sleeper' has inspired him to make more "weird things".

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Live Action

Will & Carly Expose the Dark Side of Selfie Culture in Satirical Dance Film ‘FILTERFACE’

DN caught up with the directing duo Will & Carly to discover how they created their satirical dance indictment of selfie culture 'FILTERFACE'.

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Awards, Live Action

A Spirited Young Girl Discovers the True Cost of Womanhood in Myriam Raja’s NFTS Grad Short ‘Azaar’

Myriam Raja discusses her time at the NFTS, doubling rural Spain for 1800s India & utilising the power of silence in her coming of age grad short 'Azaar'.

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Asides, Music Video

Wolf

Two friends flee a volatile past in search of the chance for a brighter future free from the scars of their upbringing in Elliott Gonzo's 'Wolf'.

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