Treeline

Freddie Bonfanti breaks down the intersection of masculinity and nature in crisis providing the backdrop to his unsettling, family-centred horror short where a young boy who ventures into the woods in search of his missing brother discovers truths that challenge the accusations thrust upon his father.

Sweet Mary, Where Did You Go?

Michael Anthony Kratochvil extols the rewards of rejecting appeasement and embracing the creative instinct of the peculiar for his trippy sci-fi horror short about time travelling beings attempting to understand mortality.

Strange Creatures

Writer/Director Nicholas Payne Santos returns to our pages and reveals why the visual effects had to be practical on his unnerving, grief-stricken horror short which sees a grieving sister visit the site of her deceased brother’s death in hopes of seeing him again.

Mother Vera

Co-Directors Cécile Embleton & Alys Tomlinson speak to DN about developing the rich visual canvas underpinning the narrative of their exquisite LFF Grierson Award-winning documentary feature about an unorthodox young nun who after 20 years as a monastic finds herself facing deep inner conflict.