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A Young Woman Reckons With the Questionable Past Behaviour of a Childhood...
As a directorial debut which she wrote, produced, directed and stars in, Hannah Levin’s Golden Child is a bold, funny and satirical look at the ways in which we handle trauma and the lasting effects...
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A Venting Session Between Friends Quickly Spirals Out of Control in Kyle Jon...
In filmmaker Kyle Jon Shepard’s new surrealist comedy short Stress Head, two friends gather for what seems like a casual drink. Quickly, however, the situation takes a turn and as the tension ramps up...
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James Krishna Floyd on Moving Into the Director’s Chair for His Multi-BIFA...
Unicorns, co-directed by James Krishna Floyd and Sally El Hosaini, is smashing the 2024 British Independent Film Awards with seven nominations across the board – including the all-import BBC Film...
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A First Date Gets Awkward When a Debate Over Eurocentrism in Food Arises in...
Much like his previous short Walls Like Windows, writer/director Werner Vivier’s latest film Fine Dining is a cleverly constructed drama with subtle undertones of something more exploratory. It’s set...
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A Mother Finds Refuge In Her Own World With Her Blow-up Doll in Chanelle...
How do you make a film about the relationship between a woman and her life-sized blow-up doll into a sensual and poignant exploration of addiction? In Elephant in the Room, Chanelle Eidenbenz does it...
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Talking Practical FX and the Power of a Great Title With Eros V Director of...
With a name like Meat Puppet, Eros V’s WTF short was always going to turn heads. The story of a man-child, obsessed with toys, who finds himself possessed by a puppet, the film continues the...
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Meat Puppets Director Eros V on Possession, Practical FX & the Power of a...
The story of a man-child, obsessed with toys, who finds himself possessed by a puppet, Eros V’s BIFA nominated, twice SXSW winning horror-comedy short ‘Meat Puppet’ was always going to turn heads....
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A Belfast Hip-Hop Trio Mount Their Own Form of Protest to Protect Their...
Already sitting on four BIFA wins for best casting, editing, original music and music supervision, and with 10 more nominations up for grabs, Kneecap from Rich Peppiatt has grabbed the independent...
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How Nina Gantz Found the Perfect Balance Between Sadness and Humour in BIFA...
Winning awards at Anima, Palm Springs, SXSW, and more, Nina Gantz’s remarkable short film Wander to Wonder has emerged as one of the standout successes of the 2023/24 festival circuit. Notably, it is...
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‘Kneecap’ Director Rich Peppiatt on Jokes as Molotov Cocktails in His...
A film which we’ve been endlessly quoting here at DN and that has already bagged a Sundance Audience Award and four BIFA wins (with 10 more nominations still up for grabs), Kneecap director Rich...
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Ben Lankester Immerses Us in the Most Challenging Night Shift of a...
There is nothing more satisfying than seeing the progression of a filmmaker’s body of work and here at DN, we are fortunate enough to follow incredibly talented directors over the years and witness...
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A Misanthropic Newlywed Stumbles Through the Chaos of Adulting in Karan...
Another BIFA filmmaker who we’ve seen on DN’s pages in the past, Karan Kandhari – a nominee in this year’s The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) category – first joined us for an interview...
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As Trust Is Broken Toxic Masculinity & Violence Take Hold in Christopher...
A film firmly seated in the pernicious nature of toxic masculinity and its corrosive reverberations through the generations, writer/director Christopher Andrews’ bold feature debut Bring Them Down...
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Joshua Trigg Hits the Road in Search of Identity in Laos Set Debut ‘Satu –...
Rounding off our series of interviews with this year’s British Independent Film Awards nominated directors is perhaps the project which best epitomises the ‘I’ in BIFA given that it’s a self-funded...
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A Double Booked Airbnb Causes Poolside Chaos in Michael Rees’ Comedy Short...
What I love about Michael Rees’ brand of comedy is that he always finds a way of creating situations that feel utterly bizarre yet completely believable. That was the case with Middle Sized Things,...
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Talking Nostalgia, Stop Motion and 3D Printing with BIFA Winner Nina Gantz...
We sit down with Nina Gantz the talented filmmaker behind this year’s BIFA Best British Short winner Wander to Wonder, a stop-motion tale following a trio of tiny performers from a beloved children’s...
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Toni Hipwell’s ‘The Lure’ Reels in the Terror as a Fisherman Discovers He’s...
Toni Hipwell’s micro short The Lure is a mordantly packaged, sublimely macabre dark comedy teasing in fine horror elements and ripe with lush visuals despite the dark foreboding night setting. After...
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A Clown’s First Birthday Party Gig Devolves Into a Pitched Battle of...
When devising the central conflict for her short film Sidney, writer/director Iris Breward set her opposing characters against each other by emphasising both of their weaknesses and in so doing, opens...
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A Mother Learns the Horrifying Cause of Her Sudden Inability to Enjoy Sex in...
Jessica Barr’s dramedy short Tight couldn’t have come online at a better time as this year saw a cinematic celebration female filmmakers offering us impactful and interrogatory body horror received...
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A Child Navigates a Fantastical Dreamscape to Escape Their Harsh Reality in...
Filmmaker Leo Metcalf’s animation A Time Before is a mixed media short that seeks to explore repressed memories of a traumatic childhood. Told through a narrative that flickers between dreams and...
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