Mother of Mine

Jesse Lewis-Reece explains how the seismic impact of onset grief altered his protagonist’s surroundings in his moving BFI Network supported drama short starring Robert Webb as a grieving father wrestling with the unbearable loss of a loved one.

GUN

Lado Kvataniya walks us through the thematic importance and physical practicalities of the central moveable wall in his anti-conflict focused music video which depicts warring neighbours as they embark on an exhausting battle for space.

Bolton Film Festival 2024 Best of Fest

After exploring the bounty of excellent films on show at Bolton Film Festival 2024, DN highlights our choice list of ten must-watch shorts screening next month.

Ecstasy Homosexuality

DN alum Ben Galster returns to talk about his multi-layered, visually arresting music video for The Irrepressibles - an unapologetic celebration of gay relationships, punctuated by stunning images from Berlin collective Container Love and archival footage from the foundational LGBT flashpoint of the Stonewall riots.

Murder Tongue

Ali Sohail Jaura breaks down the narrative decision to film a tension fuelled car journey through the raging violent streets of Karachi as a one-shot sequence in his brutally honest drama short about the human cost of Pakistan's bloody Operation Clean-up 1992.