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Joined January 2010
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 directorsnotes.com/2024/12/3… #topten2024 #bestoftheyear
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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: directorsnotes.com/2024/10/0… ♥️🙏🕊 #FYC #liveactionshort #shortfilm
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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 directorsnotes.com/2024/12/0…
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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 directorsnotes.com/2024/12/0…
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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 directorsnotes.com/2024/12/0…
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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 directorsnotes.com/2024/12/0…
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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 directorsnotes.com/2024/11/3…
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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 directorsnotes.com/2024/11/2…
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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 directorsnotes.com/2024/11/2…
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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 directorsnotes.com/2024/11/2…
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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 bifa.film.
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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:  directorsnotes.com/2024/10/0… #FYC #shortfilm – at Winnipeg, Manitoba
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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 directorsnotes.com/2024/11/1…
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'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 directorsnotes.com/2024/11/1…
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