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45:48

MOTHERBOARD: Victoria Mapplebeck on Filming 20 Years...

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2025/08/15

Victoria Mapplebeck takes us inside her solo shot documentary depicting the joy and unvarnished reality of solo motherhood as it unfolds across two decades.

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40:48

GIRLS ON FILM: Anna Smith on the Power of Female...

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2025/08/03

Girls on Film podcaster, film critic and broadcaster Anna Smith dives into the breadth of her work and the shifting dynamics of modern film criticism.

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28:19

HARVEST: Athina Rachel Tsangari on Her 16mm...

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2025/07/22

From drone-mounted 16mm cameras to choreographed chaos, filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari breaks down her hallucinatory feature about a community’s collapse.

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LOLLIPOP: Daisy-May Hudson on Depicting the...

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2025/06/09

Daisy-May Hudson returns to discuss making the move from documentary to narrative features for her emotive drama about a woman's fight for her children.

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35:06

ROCKET FUEL: Jordon Scott Kennedy on Capturing...

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2025/05/26

Jordan Scott Kennedy joins us for a chat about getting his Slick Films Fund Grand Prize winning short off the ground and on to the screens of BBC Three.

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26:03

THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA: From Producer to...

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2025/04/07

Molly O’Brien talks to us about patiently biding her time for over a decade before finally gaining permission to make her Oscar winning documentary short.

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14:57

SANTOSH: Sandhya Suri on Crafting a Nuanced Crime...

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2025/03/23

Sandhya Suri discusses her decade-long journey to bring Santosh to life, blending crime thriller tension with a searing critique of gendered violence in India.

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24:36

SISTER MIDNIGHT: Exploring Misanthropy and Marriage...

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2025/03/16

Karan Kandhari on directing his debut feature, protecting his vision, capturing the nuances of marriage & why laughing audiences are the ultimate drug.

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33:38

How Theo Panagopoulos Reclaimed Archive Films of...

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2025/01/26

Theo Panagopoulos discusses reclaiming archival footage of his ancestral Palestine to question the role of image-making as a tool of testimony and violence.

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MEAT PUPPET: Eros V on Puppet Possession & the Power...

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2024/11/26

DN caught up with Eros V to learn how a conversation with The Jim Henson Company inspired his surprising man-child possessed by a puppet comedy-horror short.

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LAST SWIM - Sasha Nathwani on Capturing the Carefree...

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2024/11/17

Sasha Nathwani explains why a vibrant yet nostalgic colour palette was key to his coming-of-age drama about a group of London teens on a day of adventure.

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DN372: The Passion of Desire Spans Decades in Lucio...

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2019/12/23

Lucio Castro joins DN with decade spanning film 'End of the Century' which reunites 2 men for a one night stand whose seeds were sown two decades earlier.

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DN371: Maura Delpero Embarks on an Enthralling...

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2019/12/20

Maura Delpero reveals how she built cohesion between the professional, non-professional and child performances needed for her drama debut 'Maternal'.

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DN370: Eryk Rocha Captures the Financial and...

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2019/12/08

Eryk Rocha tells DN how the themes of isolation & economic struggle in his story of a Rio cab driver, 'Burning Night' mirror the current crisis in Brazil.

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DN369: Henry Blake Exposes the Cruel Exploitation of...

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2019/11/30

Director Henry Blake reveals the many ways his proof-of-concept short paved the way for the creation of his powerful debut feature 'County Lines'.

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DN368: A Defiant Teen Discovers the Destructive Power...

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2019/11/16

Svetla Tsotsorkova joins DN to discuss her drama feature 'Sister' the story of a compulsive liar whose fanciful stories threaten to tear her family apart.

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DN367: A Deep Dive into ‘Burning Cane’, Phillip...

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2019/11/06

Phillip Youmans joins DN to discuss the experience of taking on multiple production roles for his Tribeca winning debut feature 'Burning Cane'.

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DN366: Hari Sama Returns to the Hedonistic Days of...

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2019/11/02

Hari Sama talks to DN about heading back to the post-punk days of sexual liberty, outsider art and drugs which helped shape him in 'This Is Not Berlin'.

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DN365: Isabella Eklöf Exposes the Rot Beneath the...

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2018/11/30

Isabella Eklöf discusses 'Holiday', her unflinching depiction of the control and sexual violence lurking beneath the glitzy veneer of power and money.

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DN364: Philippe Faucon Contemplates the Loneliness of...

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2018/11/23

Philippe Faucon discusses the integral role non-actors played in bringing authenticity to his story of economic separation and loneliness, 'Amin'.

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