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DN LFF2011: Without – Mark Jackson
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Named as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, director Mark Jackson has crafted a perfectly balanced portrait of a young woman balancing on the edge of sanity, whilst drowning in the depths of grief in his feature debut Without. A lot of it is [...]
DN LFF2011 – The Black Power Mixtape 1967 – 1975 – Göran Hugo Olsson
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] After discovering a cache of nearly 85 hours of pristine 16mm film shot by Swedish news reporters documenting the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community, director Göran Hugo Olsson brought together contemporary commentators and musicians to bring the material to life and so create [...]
DN LFF2011: Darwin – Nick Brandestini
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] In the first of our London Film Festival interviews we sit down with director Nick Brandestini to discuss his feature documentary Darwin; a look at an isolated community of 35 residents who live at end of a weathered road in Death Valley, California. When we saw there was [...]
DN220 – Kristoffer Borgli
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] We only discovered the work of director Kristoffer Borgli last year but instantly became lifelong fans of his style of filmmaking. Kristoffer joins us to discuss his career to date and why octopus faced kids are unlikely to appear in his ad work. I’m 26, I don’t feel [...]
DN219: Breakfast | Screwed Up – Kris Hofmann
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] I’ve been a fan of animator Kris Hofmann’s stop motion work since seeing her true lives of the animals we eat piece Breakfast a couple years ago. Her new piece Screwed Up is a charming film about not knowing a good thing until it’s gone, which stars a [...]
DN218: Undying Love – Omar Hauksson
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] I was skeptical I’d ever come across another zombie short worthy to be mentioned in the same breath as the classic I Love Sarah Jane, that was until I got a sneak peak at Omar Hauksson’s Undying Love. Omar joined me to discuss the Icelandic film industry and [...]
DN217: Third Star – Hattie Dalton
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] I’ve been a fan of director Hattie Dalton’s darkly comedic work since her first short The Banker walked away with the BAFTA Film Award in 2005, so grabbed the opportunity for an interview about her feature film debut Third Star. Hattie joined me from Australia to discuss breaking [...]
DN216: DOS – Stathis Athanasiou
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] This week not only did I get to talk to returning DN guest Stathis Athanasiou (DN036 & DN100) about his debut feature DOS, but we hit a DN double hat-trick with Stathis becoming the third director to make his third appearance on the podcast. We also discussed the [...]
DN215: It’s Natural To Be Afraid – Justin Doherty
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] So, almost 5 years ago the Directors Notes’ podcast was born and back then no one had heard of us so finding guests was a bit more challenging than it is today. Luckily for us all, director Justin Doherty had a great short and was willing to give [...]
DN214: Bots High – Joey Daoud
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] After discovering the world of battle bots was alive and well in Miami high schools, director Joey Daoud was inspired to create Bots High, a documentary exploring the lives of the teenagers behind the fighting machines. Joey joins us to discuss diving head first into his debut feature [...]
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