Private Moments

Set within the charged environment of an acting class, Jessica Barr's Private Moments sees a withdrawn teen pushed to her limits by her teacher as the line between performance and personal truth is blurred. We speak to Jessica about using the meta-narrative of an acting class to explore the pressure on female filmmakers to mine personal trauma for their art.

Losing Season

Gus Reed breaks down the powerful, unsettling sound design and precise narrative blocking of his disquieting atmospheric short Losing Season, where a woman home alone at her boyfriend's house suddenly finds her life forever changed by an unexpected visitor who claims to have grown up there.

Marriage Unplugged

Marriage Unplugged writer/directors the Nüesch Sisters discuss using a state-of-the art AI sex robot to explore the timeless issues that destabilise many relationships, all while deftly walking the fine line between comedy and drama in their sci-fi tinged short.

The Cause Of The Accident That Started The Fire

When CANADA co-founder Lope Serrano was commissioned to create a film to celebrate the Spanish film industry's talent and expertise, he could have played it safe. Instead, he turned inward—structuring his short The Cause Of The Accident That Started The Fire as a reflexive meta-narrative and a meditation on creative paralysis, which also applauds the act of creativity itself.

SUSANA

The second film in their shorts trilogy, Gerardo Coello Escalante & Amandine Thomas speak to DN about the power a stronger currency gives tourists visiting Mexico, the entitlement with which they explore the country, and capturing that story of travelling privilege in SUSANA.