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Live Action

Eric Kole Finds Tenderness at the End of the World in ‘Hold’

Actor/Director Eric Kole returns to DN to share the inspiration which led him to subvert typical post-apocalyptic narratives in his new short film 'Hold'.

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Animation

Saving the World One Animation at a Time – the Moth Collective Unveil ‘Planet Under Pressure’

Animation supergroup The Moth Collective join us to talk about their latest short animation for the Global Canopy Programme - 'Planet Under Pressure'.

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Animation, Premiere

Jessica Ashman Finds Acceptance of the Other in her BAFTA Winning Short ‘Fixing Luka’

Premiering online here at DN, Jessica Ashman’s beautifully intricate stop-motion short 'Fixing Luka' tells the affecting story of Lucy, a girl who believes

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Documentary

Spacey Blak Captures a Compelling Portrait of Artist Mathieu Ajan in Guerrilla Short ‘Something Hit Me’

London based Director Spacey Blak straddles documentary and fiction with 'Something Hit Me' – a portrait piece created for artist Mathieu Ajan. Blak takes DN

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Music Video

Take a Hypnotic Journey into the Mind in Craig Murray’s ‘Teenage Exorcists’ Music Video for Mogwai

DN catches up with Craig Murray to discuss how he went about creating a hypnotic journey into the mind in 'Teenage Exorcists' for Mogwai.

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AGYNESS DEYN (Lily O'Connor) BY PAUL STEPHENSON

Live Action

Bryn Higgins Brings the Jump Cut Hallucinatory World of Epilepsy to Screen in ‘Electricity’

Bryn Higgins tells DN how he used custom camera rigs and in camera effects to create a compelling look into the hallucinatory life of an epileptic girl.

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Animation, Music Video

Hannah Jacobs on Capturing the Beauty & Magic of Tom Rosenthal’s Music in Animated Promo ‘It’s OK’

We chat to Hannah Jacobs about the inspiration and production of her immersive, emotive promo for Tom Rosenthal track 'It's OK'.

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN321: Mr Somebody? – Michelle Heighway

Michelle Heighway’s feature documentary Mr Somebody? unearths the life and times of Britain’s most famous eccentric, Jake Mangle-Wurzel. Michelle joins us

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Animation

Consumerism & Personal Integrity Fight it Out in Beautiful Retro Animated Style in Robert Grieves’ ‘Sausage’

Robert Grieves' animated short 'Sausage' sees topical issues of food ethics played out in a beautifully kinetic style. We sat down with Grieves to find out how

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Asides, Music Video

Hypnotic computer-generated twerking rules the day in Jesse Kanda’s Arca video

Ever wanted to see a naked, computer-generated, bald woman twerk her generously-sized booty to the sounds of a Venezuelan musician? Here's your chance...

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Asides, Live Action

Jim Owen Offers Some Insightful Break-Up Advice in Comedy Short Film ‘Can We Talk?’

Jim Owen's comedic short film 'Can We Talk?' serves up some hilarious and slightly uncomfortable break-up advice from his misguided protagonist Vince.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN LFF2014: Duane Hopkins Examines the Lives of England’s Abandoned Classes in ‘Bypass’

In the first of our interviews from the 58th BFI London Film Festival we talk to director Duane Hopkins about his exploration of the lives of England's

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