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[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

In anticipation of the upcoming nominations, Anna Higgs joins DN for a discussion about @BAFTA’s Awards and its key role as a champion of British filmmaking. https://t.co/biPd8bTGMF #bafta

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

DN invited 'Kneecap' writer/director @richpeppiatt to share his 2024 film favourites & reflect on the whirlwind year that saw his balls to wall feature about Belfast hip-hop trio @KNEECAPCEOL rack up awards everywhere https://t.co/p5o73aylSN #topten2024 #bestoftheyear

[Amir Zargara @amirzargara]

Interview w/ @WeAreDN by @jamesmaitre

"Telling any story invites criticism, but when you’re telling a story about your own people, it’s a whole different challenge."

Full interview: https://t.co/qEcpziJJII

♥️🙏🕊

#FYC #liveactionshort #shortfilm

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

DN speaks to @bifa_film @Raindance Maverick Award nominee director Joshua Trigg about hitting the road in Laos with limited film stock & young non-professional lead actors for 'Satu - Year of the Rabbit' his self-financed 16mm coming of age feature debut https://t.co/wx5FhfsugI

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

Dir. Christopher Andrews speaks to DN about using a shifting visual language to ratchet up the tension in his bold @BIFA_film nominated debut thriller 'Bring Them Down' which sees Christopher Abbott & Barry Keoghan locked in a violent feud #BIFA2024 https://t.co/q61w2w2Z31

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

A film for all the misfits who've misplaced their life manuals DN talks to 'Sister Midnight' writer/director Karan Kandhari about the making of his genre-bending debut feature about a misanthropic newlywed stumbling through the chaos of adulting #BIFA2024 https://t.co/DQ2ZbAXIHA

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

Dir. @banlankester details the multi-tiered approach to sound design immersing audiences in the frantic intensity of his @BIFA_film nominated short 'Delivery' a maternity ward set drama depicting the most challenging shift of a newly-qualified midwife https://t.co/kYmFO8pCe4

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

Filmmaker Nina Gantz takes DN inside the extraordinary craftsmanship of her @bifa_film nominated stop motion short 'Wander to Wonder' which offers a unique and poignant exploration of the loss experienced by its diminutive stars #BIFA2024 https://t.co/VRGtqSxDKO

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

Dir. Rich Peppiatt discusses throwing comedic molotov cocktails in his raucous @bifa_film winning debut 'Kneecap' about anarchic Irish hip-hop trio @kneecapceol who become unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save the mother tongue #BIFA2024 https://t.co/glqI2tvHQm

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

Eros V takes Directors Notes inside the lo-fi techniques he used to bring a possessed puppet to life for his @BIFA_film nominated short 'Meat Puppet' (starring @davidjonsson__ & Máiréad Tyers) about a man-child who desperately needs to grow up #BIFA2024 https://t.co/PABnG1ZHyo

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

Werner Vivier explains how he used a voyeuristic one-shot framing device to subtly examine the theme of racism in food culture in his awkward first date short #premiere #shortfilm
https://t.co/oYwzYGh4U0

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

With his debut feature 'Unicorns' up for 7 @bifa_film awards @ijamesfloyd talks to DN about depicting the complexity of @ItsJasonPatel & @benhardy0291's characters while spotlighting the beauty of South Asian realism drag authentically on screen #BIFA2024 https://t.co/PSUaIehTRJ

[BIFA @BIFA_film]

Set those alarms ⏰ the BIFA 2024 Craft Winners reveal with Letterboxd is here.

Head to @bifa_film and @letterboxd on Tues 26 Nov at 10am GMT as we celebrate film craft with co-hosts Ella Kemp and Connor Swindells.

Check out the nominees at https://t.co/BZpYt0iY7o.

[Amir Zargara @amirzargara]

from an Interview W/ @WeAreDN

"I realized that if I didn’t use the privilege I’ve gained from being in Canada to tell this story, perhaps no one would. That realization became my driving force." -Amir Zargara

Full interview:  https://t.co/qEcpziJJII

#FYC #shortfilm

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

Dir. @kylejonshephard walks DN through the combination of practical and digital VFX behind the titular head in his frantically kinetic comedy two-hander Stress Head’ #WeAreDN #Comedy #ShortFilm
https://t.co/xa5twOslGk

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

Writer/Director/Actor Hannah Levin shares how she balanced out the comedic beats, sticking to the story and keeping the narrative moving in her bold, reckoning comedy short debut 'Golden Child' #premiere https://t.co/vCuzGPMEqa

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Dir. @alexqin talks to DN about weathering the emotional ups and downs of filmmaking during the production of her debut short film ‘Thirstygirl’, which follows the relationship between two sisters as one struggles to hide her secret addiction #premiere https://t.co/MLDuYObFS5

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

'Last Swim' writer/director Sasha Nathwani reveals the subtle progression of colour he adopted to emulate the universal nostalgia of a London teen's final carefree day of fun and freedom amongst friends https://t.co/9c6GYPZGWg

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Dir. Stefan Hunt talks blending the rambunctious reality of Aussie masculinity and drinking culture with the expressive qualities of dance in his fittingly boisterous choreographic short ‘Yeah The Boys’ https://t.co/bWzRSL9Z7w #Dance #ShortFilm

[Directors Notes @WeAreDN]

Dirs. @nonoayuso & Rodrigo Inada unpack the wide-lensed, 90s influenced visual style of their music video for @daviddamiano99’s debut solo single ‘Silverlines’ https://t.co/gvs0auZG1b