UK Tag Archive

Live Action

Martin Stirling directs this powerful message to LEGO in Greenpeace promo ‘LEGO: Everything is NOT awesome’

Martin Stirling reveals how he built an Arctic entirely of LEGO and flooded it with oil to highlight the toy company's affiliation with Shell.

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Music Video

Youness Benali Strikes Impressive Poses in the Dark for the Blacksmif ‘My Own Blood’ Music Video

Subtly combining light with composition director Youness Benali crafts a minimalistic music video full of feeling for Blacksmif track 'My Own Blood'. Youness

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Live Action

Jeroen Bogaert Challenges Audience Assumptions in Thought-Provoking Short Film ‘Early Birds’

Jeroen Bogaert provides an insight into the narrative origins and production approach behind 'Early Birds' in this behind the scenes look at his LFS short

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Animation, Music Video

Created From Over 1000 Lolly Sticks & 5000 Matchsticks, DN Takes a Behind the Scenes Look at Simon Roberts'

Music, lyrics and stop motion animation combine to create an epic story in Simon Robert's music video for Flight Brigade track 'Sirens'.

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN319: Hide And Seek – Joanna Coates

Director Joanna Coates joins us ahead of her debut feature Hide And Seek's world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to discuss her raw take

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Documentary

Dreams Clash with Responsibilities High in the Indian Himalayas in Ross Harrison’s Documentary ‘Lifelines’

In his short film 'Lifelines' Ross Harrison documents the daily toil of Makar Singh, a 32 year old father who is compelled to leave his work in Deli and return

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Animation, Live Action

The Spirit of Reconciliation as Captured in Chris Shepherd’s Dramatic Short ‘The Ringer’

Innovative, funny and distinctly British, DN speaks to short film legend Chris Shepherd about his unconventional father/son reunion short 'The Ringer'.

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Live Action

Rémy Bazerque Experiments with the Tonal Shifts of Comedy & Suspense in Short Film ‘Happy Hour’

Director Rémy Bazerque and producer Tibo Travers join DN to discuss their short film 'Happy Hour', a stylistic experiment in tone and audience expectation.

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Animation

Dimitris Simou Challenges Distance Perceptions in Wild Life Animation ‘Schemata’

Director Dimitris Simou describes the theoretical inspiration behind his parred down, yet expressively engaging animated perception experiment 'Schemata'.

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Documentary

Florian Habicht’s Pulp Documentary Reveals the Nice Folks Behind the Music That Unites the Common People

There’s the sense that this film is for the ‘fans’ – whatever that really means as I think the film has the power to convert – but in the case of the

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Music Video

Tom Wakeling Lights up the Dark for Little Shoes Big Voice in ‘Nightfall’

Proving that a lack of budget is a poor excuse for not putting together a visually compelling promo, director Tom Wakeling demonstrates just what can be

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN318: The Knife That Killed Me – Kit Monkman & Marcus Romer

DN talks to directors Kit Monkman and Marcus Romer about their adaptation of Anthony McGowan’s best selling novel 'The Knife That Killed Me', shot entirely

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