BAFTA Winners Podcast Interviews

Sunday saw National Film & Television School films pick up BAFTAs in the British Short Film and Short Animation categories for Rock Paper Scissors and Wander to Wonder respectively, continuing the NFTS’ unparalleled dominance of the short film awards category. Having been fans of Wander to Wonder director Nina Gantz for years now, you can already find the interview Rob recorded with her last November in the DN Podcast feed where we’ll also be dropping Sarah’s pre-BAFTAs interview with Rock Paper Scissors director Franz Böhm very soon.

I’m Not a Robot

Standing out as the lone genre piece competing for the 2025 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, I'm Not a Robot is a delightfully entertaining blend of sci-fi, dark comedy, and existential drama that doesn't go where you expect. DN sat down with writer/director Victoria Warmerdam and producer Trent to decipher their CAPTCHA inspired exploration of identity and control..

In the Shadow of the Cypress

We speak to Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi the Oscar nominees behind In the Shadow of the Cypress about going dialogue-free with a narrative intent often missing from animations that do the same, the very personal underpinnings of this haunting father daughter story and the daily battle (which took six and a half years) to keep their production moving forward against the headwinds of life in Iran.

The Last Ranger

Director Cindy Lee and producer/co-writer Darwin Shaw reveal how they orchestrated powerful performances while managing the tricky logistics of tracking wild rhinos in a game reserve with less than five days to capture it all for their Oscar nominated conservation drama short.