The WeAreDN Awards 2025

We are proud to announce the return of our annual WeAreDN Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in independent filmmaking. This year’s ceremony will showcase the winning films selected from 28 nominees across nine competitive categories: Drama, Comedy, Music Video, Documentary, Animation, Buckle Up, Dance, New Talent, and British.

Please join us on Thursday, 1st May at 7:00 PM at *FOMO House for an evening of screenings, recognition, and celebration. Following the awards presentation, guests are invited to enjoy drinks, networking opportunities, and dancing as we honour the past year’s most remarkable creative work.

Full details and tickets are available through our website. We look forward to meeting you all in person and celebrating the DN film community.

*FOMO exists to elevate the lives and careers of filmmakers. They offer kit rental through FOMO Rentals and a membership community and Shoreditch clubhouse through FOMO House.

Dictionary of Emotions in a Time of War

Leah Loftin speaks to us about building a sense of irony into her hybrid short Dictionary of Emotions in a Time of War where she adapts Ukrainian playwright Helen Astaseva's first-hand experiences of living in Russian-occupied Kherson in the immediate aftermath of the invasion into a mixed media documentary infused with the defiant humour of the original prose.

A Fermenting Woman

Challenging outmoded perceptions of what’s socially acceptable, Priscilla Galvez explains why she is proud of having her directorial debut A Fermenting Woman banned from YouTube - a body horror following a brilliant chef searching for her next new transformative ingredient.

Make Me a Pizza

Marxism, melting cheese, and mayhem: Talia Shea Levin delves into the references that influenced her deliciously surreal genre mash-up porn parady Make Me a Pizza, where a deeper truth about the sexy economics of pizza is discovered by a delivery guy and his eager, hungry, cash strapped customer.

The Call

Riffy Ahmed speaks to us about seamlessly integrating magical realism into the grounded world of her BFI Network supported short The Call, adapted from Vanessa Rose's original play, which offers a fresh take on the struggles of single parenthood, concerns for a loved one’s state of mind and the emotional dynamics of mother/daughter relationships.

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

The last of our Oscar winning short film podcast interviews for the year, Molly O’Brien take us inside her move from producer to director for her Netflix acquired film The Only Girl in the Orchestra, a documentary following the trailblazing career of musician Orin O’Brien and her beloved double basses as the first female musician in the New York Philharmonic orchestra.