Drama
Larry Mannequin
Merlin Bronques’ Larry Mannequin casts his scathing eye around the preening, self obsessed epicentre of ‘the scene’ and finds it and everyone in it wanting.
From Darkness
Canadian writer/director Andrew Erin enlists the acting powers of Michael Biehn, star of science fiction classics The Terminator and Aliens, to headline this powerful tale of a foster child who develops a telekinetic defence mechanism. Erin has revealed on Vimeo recently that From Darkness acts as a promo for a feature film that he’s currently developing the script for. FROM DARKNESS [...]
Restless
Sometimes critics describe a film as pointless. I’m not sure how valid a critique that is as really it could be applied to all films save for documentaries that raise awareness of an issue that has thus far been ignored. Gus Van Sant’s Restless is a film that has been described as pointless. I disagree. [...]
Two Friendly Ghosts
In one of the most startlingly original pieces of storytelling you’re likely to see in short film all year, Parker Ellerman’s Two Friendly Ghosts tells the story of James Dean meeting Donald Turnupseed for the second time – 56 years after their tragic car accident, at the very same intersection – now they have time [...]
DN239: Fubar – HaZ Dulull
If like me it’s your natural instinct to avoid online cat movies at all costs, HaZ Dulull’s epic conspiracy, battlefield short Fubar is likely to make you re-evaluate that stance. HaZ joins me to discuss reissuing a redux version of Fubar closer to his original vision for the project and the social media and multi-platform [...]
Fubar – HaZ Dulull
Fubar (2011) An epic story of an on-going political war told in an alternate reality with cat and dogs.
The Camera
Shot whilst on vacation on a budget of $50, Peter Lewis’ debut short The Camera tells the story of a solitary girl who finds a mysterious camera that reveals something unexpected. The production itself is the wider story of a director who finally took the plunge and committed to see a project through regardless of [...]
Fine | Pryntyl
The sound of one hand clapping may still be a question up for debate, but in Fine, the story of a soldier’s birth, life and death, Italian filmmaker Virgilio Villoresi has closed the book on what you get when one hand acts. An inventively entertain short is the answer. Fine by Virgilio Villoresi from Virgilio [...]
Life Just Is: Finishing the Film
Back in April 2011, I wrote a piece for DN detailing the journey that I undertook with my debut feature (as writer/director), Life Just Is, as we went From Paper Cut to Fine Cut. What follows is an attempt to sketch out what happened next… In the run up to the last piece, my editor [...]
DN235: Chalk – Martina Amati
We’re joined this week by BAFTA winning director Martina Amati to discuss her recently BAFTA nominated short Chalk, set on the verge of puberty, within the confines of a gymnastic training camp. Martina discusses the disruption broken bones can cause to schedules and why she’s most comfortable working underwater with non-actors. Sometimes due to limitations [...]
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