Drama
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 [...]
Internet Story | Bradley Manning Had Secrets
Taking a not too dissimilar approach to what we saw in Smith & Foulkes’ The Chase but ramping up the mysterious narrative, Adam Butcher’s Internet Story is a fast-paced and experimental film told through fragments of internet videos, animations, blogs and news articles. Internet Story from Adam Butcher on Vimeo. Maintaining a digital approach but [...]
Chalk – Martina Amati
Chalk (2010) When a gymnast is selected for the National training camp she discovers something new about bodies, boys and friendship.
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