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Awards, Live Action

Adam J. Graves’ Oscar Short ‘Anuja’ Is a Powerful Portrait of Sisterhood & Resilience in Delhi’s Garment Industry

Adam J. Graves reveals how he balanced the dark realities of fast fashion's child labour with moments of joy, resilience and hope in his Oscar nominated short.

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Awards, Documentary

Molly O’Brien’s ‘The Only Girl in the Orchestra’ Celebrates a Life Well Lived as a Musician at the Vanguard

Molly O'Brien takes DN inside the creation of her Netflix Oscar nominated doc short about the trailblazing musician Orin O’Brien and her beloved instruments.

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Live Action

A Party Enigmatically Descends Into a Symphony of Chaos in Luke Eberl & Edgar Morais’ ‘We Won’t Forget’

Luke Eberl & Edgar Morais share the origins of their short about the callous nature of herd mentality and our compulsion to film social infractions.

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Live Action

Brennan McGee Charts a Bizarre Journey Through the Human Psyche in Uncanny Short ‘Wesley Loses His Penis’

Brennan McGee reveals the formalist approach he took when shooting his psychologically absurd dark comedy about a man's surreal quest to find his member.

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Live Action

A Mother Learns the Horrifying Cause of Her Sudden Inability to Enjoy Sex in Jessica Barr’s Revenge Short ‘Tight’

We speak to Jessica Barr about embracing the art in social cause filmmaking for her disturbing short about a woman who has her sexual agency taken from her.

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Live Action

A Double Booked Airbnb Causes Poolside Chaos in Michael Rees’ Comedy Short ‘His Parents Never Taught Him’

Michael Rees talks us through prioritising a chaotic tone over script-specific dialogue to great comic effect in his short film about a double-booked Airbnb.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Young Woman Reckons With the Questionable Past Behaviour of a Childhood Friend in Hannah Levin’s ‘Golden Child’

Hannah Levin shares how she balanced out the comedic beats, sticking to the story and keeping the narrative moving in her bold, reckoning comedy short debut.

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Live Action, Premiere

Alexandra Qin Unveils the Impacts of Sex Addiction on Two Sisters’ Relationship in Her Sobering Drama ‘Thirstygirl’

Alexandra Qin talks to DN about her personal experience with sex and love, drug and alcohol addiction, and the vital role it played in her debut short film.

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Music Video

Damiano David Enters a New Career Chapter in NONO & Rodrigo’s Transformative Music Video ‘Silverlines’

Directing duo NONO & Rodrigo Inada peel back the wide-lensed, 90s influenced visual style of their music video for Damiano David's debut solo single.

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Art & Fashion, Music Video

The Intense Rhythm of an Urban Landscape Drives Or Schraiber’s Frantic Yemen Blues Music Video ‘Prayers’

Or Schraiber explains the unexpected, dynamic editing style and cinematography he employed in his distinctive Yemen Blues dance music video.

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Live Action

A Desperate Woman Visits the Site of Her Brother’s Death in Nicholas Payne Santos’ Horror Short ‘Strange Creatures’

Writer/Director Nicholas Payne Santos returns to DN and reveals why the visual effects had to be practical on his unnerving, grief-stricken horror short.

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Live Action

A Mother’s Contentment Is Thrown Off-Balance When Her Daughter Returns Home in Lily Weisberg’s Drama ‘Working Summer’

Lily Weisberg unpacks the gorgeous hazy visual language of her film about a daughter who's taken aback by the fullness of her mother’s independent life.

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