Buried

Filmmaker Nat Gee talks to us about the reactions to her 16mm psychological thriller Buried, which premieres on DN hot on the heels of its festival run and depicts the psychological fragmentation of a maverick winemaker who finds herself stalked by a sinister presence while trying to protect her vineyard from sabotage.

FilmFreeway GM Matt Toigo Talks Scams, Fees, Marketing & the Platform’s Future

FilmFreeway’s new General Manager, Matt Toigo, sits down with Directors Notes for an exclusive, no-holds-barred interview - answering all the questions that filmmakers and film festival directors who use the dominant film submissions platform have been wanting answers to for years. In this comprehensive interview, we cover:

• 🚨 SCAM FESTIVALS: The new ID verification system, first-year festival payout rules, and how FilmFreeway is working to protect filmmakers.

• 💰 FEES: The reason behind the festival activation & relisting fees, marketing costs, and how FilmFreeway actually makes its money.

• 🔮 THE FUTURE: New features, marketing tools for filmmakers, and the platform's promise to improve transparency.

Boy Inside

Using insects and meteorological balloons as metaphors for internal struggle and catharsis, Luke White speaks to DN about following impulse over logic and opening up a channel between past and present in his kinetic, experimental fims.dance short Boy Inside - produced and choreographed by Jacob Jonas.

Mother Vera

A film that first transfixed us at last year’s London Film Festival—where it won the Grierson Award—and is now available to watch in cinemas, we revisit our interview with Mother Vera co-directors Cécile Embleton & Alys Tomlinson who discuss developing the rich visual canvas underpinning the narrative of their exquisite documentary feature about an unorthodox young nun who after 20 years as a monastic finds herself facing deep inner conflict.