UK Tag Archive

Animation

In a Nutshell

Fabio Friedli exhaustively encompasses the world and all that's within it in staggeringly inventive stop-motion piece 'In a Nutshell'.

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Documentary

Matt Dempsey Looks at an Alternative to the UK Knife Crime Crisis in Doc Short ‘Knives Down, Bikes Up’

Matt Dempsey shares how he captured the story of a group riders hoping to break down barriers and create a sense of community in 'Knives Down, Bikes Up'.

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Live Action

Craig Ainsley Mines Engrossingly Uncomfortable Comedy From Heartache in ‘Whenever You’re Ready’

A heartbroken actress' emotional pain floods out during an audition in Craig Ainsley's almost too uncomfortable to watch comedy 'Whenever You're Ready'.

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Music Video

Leopold Challenges Conventional Preconceptions of Love, Relationships & Gender in ‘Backstreet’

Leopold talks to DN about challenging the strictures of conventional gender & relationship roles in his unapologetic music video for Apre's 'Backstreet'.

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Animation

A Mischievous Trio of Extraterrestrial Visitors Change Christmas Forever in Daniel Prince’s Sci-Fi Short ‘Invaders’

We talk to VFX artist Daniel Prince about catching the directing bug and combining live action & computer animation for sci-fi Christmas short 'Invaders'.

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Animation, Asides

The Handmade Gift

Anna Mantzaris deploys her considerable stop-motion talents for Greenpeace France in melancholic Christmas short 'The Handmade Gift'.

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Music Video

A Man Strips Away His Personal Demons in Harvey Pearson’s Powerful One-Shot Rebirth Music Video ‘Gratitude’

DN speaks to Harvey Pearson about the powerful immediacy provided by real time narratives and why 35mm was the clear choice for his one-shot music video.

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Documentary

Tam Tam – Outside the Lines

Greg Hackett explores the meaning of 'identity' for an Italian youth basketball team of immigrant children in short doc 'Tam Tam – Outside the Lines'.

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Asides, Music Video

Maverick Sabre: Her Grace

A young mother finds herself pushed to the edge by a continuing cycle of domestic abuse in Shaun James Grant’s heartbreaking music video 'Her Grace'.

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Asides, Live Action

Abandon

Georgia Parris’ one-shot short 'Abandon' observes the emotional turmoil of a dancer required to give her all moments after being told she’s pregnant.

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Documentary

See How Technology Is Helping to Turn the Tables on Illegal Hunters in Ben Falk’s ‘Hunting the Poachers’

Ben Falk talks to DN about the challenges of capturing the important conservation work of Kenya’s Masai Mara Rangers in doc short 'Hunting the Poachers'.

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Live Action

Oliver Kember’s Offers an Antidote to the Saccharine of the Yuletide Season in Comedy ‘Last Christmas’

"Santa" finds himself at odds with a cynical child when she discovers him stealing her presents in Oliver Kember's uncomfortable comedy 'Last Christmas'.

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