Writer-Director Tag Archive

Live Action, Premiere

Mylissa Fitzsimmons Navigates the Messy Territory of Performing Adulthood in Two-Hander Motel Drama ‘I’m Not Sure’

Mylissa Fitzsimmons unpacks crafting a predatory game, blocking actor movement in a cramped motel to amplify the tension of every glance and approach.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Chronic People Pleaser Goes on a Desperate Mission to Embrace His Dark Side in Louis Paxton’s ‘Tippy Toes’

Louis Paxton discusses his process for finding the sweet spot between raw emotional enquiry and laugh-out-loud ridiculousness in his new micro-budget comedy.

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Live Action, Premiere

Alex Barnes-Auld’s Barista-Battling Comedy ‘Long Black’ Is a Caffeine-Fuelled Brew Fit to Burst

Alex Barnes-Auld's bladder-busting power struggle comedy combines British humour, the style of a Spaghetti Western, and old school practical effects.

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Live Action, Premiere

Lorenzo Gonnelli Builds Familiar Tension Only to Collapse It in His Morally Suspended Fractured Short ‘Godless Animals’

Lorenzo Gonnelli talks crafting tension through omission and having the unseen carry more weight than any image shown in his genre subverting thriller.

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Live Action

Ben Wheatley Builds a Cardboard Multiverse in His Gloriously Unpolished Lo-Fi British Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Bulk’

Ben Wheatley chats about embracing the joys of DIY aesthetics in his low-budget mind-bending multiverse thriller, where film form echoes narrative function.

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Live Action, Premiere

Charlotte Serena Cooper Dismantles Queer Screen Death Tropes with Genre Pastiche in Riotous Satire ‘Bury Your Gays’

Drawing on years of script supervision, Charlotte Serena Cooper masters the visual grammar of five distinct genres to subvert a tired cinematic cliché.

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Art & Fashion

François Larpin Finds Absurdist Poetry in Restraint in the Surreal Holiday Storytelling of ‘A Festive Tale’

Faced with the saturated festive ad space, François Larpin built a distinctive world, stripping Christmas to its essence for his branded seasonal triptych.

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Live Action

Caleb J. Roberts Transcends Preconceived Notions of Gay Relationships and Intimacy in His Tender Short ‘Purebred’

Using long, slow takes, Caleb J. Roberts details drawing us almost uncomfortably close into his tender and intimate relationship between on-off-again lovers.

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Live Action

Temperatures & Tensions Rise as a Grifter Faces the Music in Chelsie Pennello’s Hectic Comedy ‘Cherry-Colored Funk’

Orchestrating a symphony of controlled chaos, Chelsie Pennello & Corbett Blair reveal how they used the tiny confines of an ice cream shop set to full effect.

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Live Action

Will Wightman Unleashes the Domestic Disgust of Shared Flats in Insta360 Comedy Horror ‘This Place is a Sh*thole’

Will Wightman explains layering practical chaos with post-production keyframing to craft impossible camera moves in his tale housemate horror.

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Live Action

Lily Rutterford & Lucy Minderides Present a Puppet-Powered Musical Journey Into the Chaos of ‘Dating in Your 20s’

Lily Rutterford & Lucy Minderides recount how they built a bathroom world populated by towel puppets to explore a woman's chaotic mid-date inner monologue.

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Live Action, Premiere

Firas Itani Charts the Invisible Sisyphean Weight of Everyday Labour in Tense Drama ‘Lower Ground’

Denying any relief, Firas Itani uses framing, contrasting colour & relentless routine to depict skewed power dynamics in his portrait of everyday servitude.

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