August, 2015 Archive

Film Festival

Reading & Leeds 2015 Cinema Tent Shorts

This weekend DN is heading off the Reading & Leeds festivals to screen a selection of the best shorts know to man each and every night.

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Art & Fashion

Rare Finds & Rivalries Abound in Crowns & Owls’ Ted Baker Fashion Short ‘Wonders Never Cease’

DN talks to directing outfit Crowns & Owls about their Ted Baker fashion film 'Wonders Never Cease' - a playful tale of professional oneupmanship set amongst

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Music

Riding the Emotional Wave of THUNDERLIPS’ ‘Breathe’ Music Video

Music video ninjas THUNDERLIPS tell DN about the brain racking process that went into the making of their emotional collage video 'Breathe' for Sheep Dog &

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Music

Noodles & Suburban Unease: Jonny Look Embraces the Strange in ‘All Smiles Over Here :)’

Director Jonny Look discusses how he coupled suburban nostalgia with practical effects for a music video which seeps sweet and sour unease.

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Live Action

A Mirror To Nature: Genius, Disaster and the Legacies of Orson Welles

Prompted by the forthcoming release of Chuck Workman’s new documentary DN ponders the both brilliant and tragic career of cinematic titan Orson Welles.

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Animation, Music

Tel-Aviv Crumbles into a Place of Hope in Sariel Keslasi’s Animated Music Video ‘My Africa’

Sariel Keslasi tells DN how the Tel-Aviv streets and a series of pocket notebooks were pivotal in the realisation of his animated music video 'My Africa'.

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Animation

Dialogue-Free and Unscripted: Welcome to the World of Gints Zilbalodis’ ‘Inaudible’

We talk to Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis about his latest animated short 'Inaudible" - the emotive tale of a Trumpet player and his recent loss of

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Live Action

Marc Grey Searches the Space Between Sleep & Wakefulness in 'Night Before The Morning Sun'

Director Marc Grey takes us through the challenges of producing a film centred on the nebulous and often counter-narrative logic of dreams and memory in his

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Live Action

A British Muslim Soldier Confronts Questions of Community & Family Estrangement in Rachna Suri’s ‘Our Lad’

In Rachna Suri’s subtle drama 'Our Lad', a British Muslim solider finds resentment upon his return home from the army. Suri discusses creating a short which

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Animation

Behind the Lens of ‘Mr Director’ – an Andy Martin short film

The ever-prolific Andy Martin joins us to talk about his latest project - stop-motion short film 'Mr Director'. A 7-minute animation taking the guise of a

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Music

Take a Voyeuristic Dance Through Domesticity in Pijus Vėberis’ ‘Vessels’ Music Video

Pijus Vėberis 'Vessels' dances through a voyeuristic look at polar bear cohabiting domesticity all in a single shot. The director joins DN to reveal how it

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