Fish Bowl

Rachel Sweeney shares why she wanted to use comedy to normalise the rarely discussed complex emotions around miscarriage in her gallows humour short where a bride-to-be's attempts to hide a miscarriage during her wedding rehearsal dinner go totally awry in an exquisitely darkly comic fashion.

The Walk

Michael Jobling speaks about purposely avoiding the typical approach to working class stories in his nature set short following a man as he endures a 24-mile round trip on foot to the JobCentre and back to sign on.

Pylon

Barnaby Blackburn discusses why he wanted to lead his audience unwillingly through the high tension drama of his tale of sibling rivalry and false bravado which brings us into the heart of an anxiety inducing confrontation with a gang of feral teens on an idle summer's day.

Conero Film + Adv 2024

DN returns to the unique festival that is Conero Film + Adv in the heart of Italy for its expanded second year honouring excellence in sustainable cinema and advertising in front and behind the camera.

I Remember (Je Me Souviens)

Raphaël Pettigrew talks to DN about the narrative importance of getting as close as humanly possible to the actors in his heartbreaking Alzheimer's short about a son trying to find solace for his afflicted mother.