Elephant in the Room

Chanelle Eidenbenz talks to us about finding narrative nuance in her moving drama centred around a mother whose withdrawal into her own world with Elias, her blow-up doll, puts a mounting strain on her relationship with her confounded son.

Meat Puppet

The story of a toy obsessed man-child possessed by a puppet, Directors Notes caught up with BIFA nominated director Eros V to learn how a conversation with The Jim Henson Company inspired his short.

Kneecap

Rich Peppiatt speaks to DN about the making of his already multi-BIFA winning anarchic, riotous, rule breaking fictionalised biopic following West Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap as they become the most unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue.

Wander to Wonder

Notably, the only animated film to reach the nominations stage for this year’s BIFA Best British Short award, Nina Gantz takes DN inside the extraordinary craftsmanship of her stop motion short which offers a unique and poignant exploration of the loss experienced by its diminutive stars.