Writer-Director Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

Freddie Bonfanti Unearths Dark Truths in the Woods in His Urban Weird Horror Short ‘Treeline’

Freddie Bonfanti breaks down the intersection of masculinity and nature in crisis providing the backdrop to his unsettling, family-centred horror short.

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Awards, Film Festival, Live Action

Sandhya Suri’s Debut ‘Santosh’ Navigates a World of Power, Prejudice and Corruption Through a Distinctive Female Gaze

Sandhya Suri delves into exploring the complexities between women in positions of power as a way of dissecting the all too common violence inflicted on women.

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Live Action, Premiere

Marco Pattarozzi Weaves a Devastating Tapestry of Lives Forever Changed in His Stirring Drama Short ‘Butterflies’

Marco Pattarozzi speaks about the significance of home in his dark coming-of-age drama where the last days of youthful summer are marked by tragedy and loss.

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Live Action

Iggy London’s Dreamlike ‘Area Boy’ Finds a Young Man Questioning His Place in the World Ahead of His Baptism

Iggy London explains why 16mm was the perfect vehicle for the timeless thematics and transcendental narrative of his coming of age identity short.

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Live Action

Decisions Are Made by Bickering Committee in Samuel Häkkinen & Henna Välkky’s Comedy ‘Verdict 30001: The Cookies’

Samuel Häkkinen & Henna Välkky talk pre-shoot planning and splitting creative responsibilities on set for their dark comedy poking fun at decision paralysis.

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Live Action

A Woman Is Engulfed by Mexico’s Broken Bureaucracy in Alejandro Gerber Bicecci’s Feature ‘Dead Man’s Switch’

Alejandro Gerber Bicecci reveals the genesis of his labyrinthine drama about a subway driver met by violent indifference in her search for her missing husband.

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Live Action, Premiere

Strut Into the Sordid Fetishised Underworld of LA’s Karaoke Bar Scene in Naomi Christie’s ‘Object of Desire’

Naomi Christie speaks about the micro-aggressions and lived experiences which informed the seedy reality of her darkly comic tale of race objectification.

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Live Action

A Wrestler Grapples With His Desire to Speak Out in Amir Zargara’s Tense Political Drama ‘A Good Day Will

Amir Zargara talks through the difficult social implications of making his political film about a wrestler speaking out against the Iranian government.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Shocking Discovery Upsets the Bliss of a Newly Cohabiting Couple in Chris Parton’s Comedy ‘SVEN’

Chirs Parton talks about bouncing between his writer and director roles when tweaking the script on the set of his comedy about a couple's cohabitating woes.

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Live Action

Racial Tensions and Power Imbalances Rage Through the Battleground of Daniel Rands’ Classroom Set Drama ‘Margin’

Daniel Rands discusses playing with perspectives by placing a handheld camera in the clashing thick of his uncomfortable classroom set power struggle drama.

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Live Action

A Risk Averse Sceptic Unwittingly Finds Himself Part of a Wellness Cult in Leo Villares’ Comedy Short ‘The Farm’

Leo Villares details the creeping zooms accentuating the dark comedic anxiety of his protagonist as he wrestles against the teachings of a wellness cult guru.

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Music Video

Ben Galster Extols the Sensuous Liberation of Gay Sex and Queer Relationships in ‘Ecstasy Homosexuality’

Ben Galster dives into blurring the lines between reality and fantasy in his music video venerating gay intimacy and the universal desire for love.

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