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DN363: Sara Colangelo Tracks a Destructive Spiral of...

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2018/11/15

Sara Colangelo joins us to discuss her process for working with actors, the advantages of a Netflix release and why directing shouldn't be a dictatorship.

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DN362: A Troubled Imposter Tries to Find Her Way Home...

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2018/11/08

DN speaks to Christina Choe about her debut psychodrama 'Nancy' and the difficulties of bringing stories led by complex female protagonists to screen.

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DN361: Erik Poppe Forces Us to Experience Norway’s...

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2018/11/02

DN speaks to director Erik Poppe about the moral and cinematic considerations which led him to recreate Norway's Utøya tragedy in a gruelling single shot.

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DN360: London Film Festival 2018 – Female Filmmaker...

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2018/10/25

LFF Female Filmmaker panellists discuss the gender barriers they overcame to make their films and strategies to level the filmmaking playing field for all.

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DN359: Matthew Jones Charts the Rise, Fall &...

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2018/08/30

Matthew Jones takes DN through the hurdles he surmounted to bring the story of seminal record label Mo'Wax and its driven owner James Lavelle to screen.

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DN358: Luca Dipierro Animates the Death of a Band in...

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2018/04/06

Luca Dipierro & Father Murphy join us on the podcast to look back at their fruitful collaboration and reveal details of their new stop motion feature film.

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DN357: James Erskine Documents the Awe-Inspiring...

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2018/02/23

James Erskine shares how he crafted a documentary about the artistic, athletic and societal struggle of John Curry, the world's greatest ice skater.

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DN356: Dustin Guy Defa Weaves a Whimsical Tapestry of...

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2017/12/21

Dustin Guy Defa shares why we had to wait 6 years for his second feature and how short films paved the way for his ensemble New York story.

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DN355: A Prima Ballerina Fights for Relevance &...

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2017/11/09

Denmark's Birgitte Stærmose discusses 'Darling', her intense story of pain and perfection which unfolds in the demanding world of professional ballet.

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DN354: An English Boxer Fights to Survive a Brutal...

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2017/10/26

How director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire brought the brutal reality of an English boxer's life in one Thailand's most notorious prisons to screen.

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DN353: Rob Curry & Tim Plester Herald the Rebirth of...

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2017/10/19

Rob Curry & Tim Plester craft a lyrical response to the life, work & tragic loss of the High Queene of English Folk music, Shirley Collins.

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DN352: In Conversation with Legendary Filmmaker Chris...

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2017/10/04

DN caught up with Chris Shepherd to reflect on his celebrated career and return to the hybrid world of animated/live action violence in 'Johnno’s Dead'.

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DN351: Future Shock! Paul Goodwin & Sean Hogan...

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2017/08/04

Director Paul Goodwin & Producer Sean Hogan delve into the creation of their passion fuelled documentary history of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, 2000AD.

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DN350: Nico Edwards Documents a Treacherous 8,000...

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2017/05/04

Nico Edwards' debut documentary follows 16 crew members aboard a 120ft sailing Ketch as they journey through some of the most treacherous seas on earth.

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DN349: Matt Hopkins & Ben Lankester Document a Band...

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2017/04/13

Matt Hopkins & Ben Lankester's feature doc follows five-piece rock band I Like Trains as they struggle to breakthrough after losing their record deal.

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DN348: Nickolas Duarte Discovers the Painful Past of...

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2017/03/16

Nickolas Duarte's doc provides a glimpse into the extraordinary and complex life of Jay Kyle Peterson, an abstract artist with an even more abstract past.

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DN347: Chameleon – Jorge Riquelme Serrano

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2016/12/15

Jorge Riquelme Serrano shares how structured improvisation enabled him to shoot his uninvited guest psychological thriller feature debut in a mere 4 days.

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DN346: Chasing Asylum – Eva Orner

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2016/12/08

Eva Orner’s documentary exposes the repugnant, inhumane ways the Australian government treats asylum seekers and its attempts to hide these atrocities.

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DN345: The Eyes of My Mother – Nicolas Pesce

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2016/11/30

A young lonely woman is consumed by her deepest & darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life in Nicolas Pesce's horrifying debut feature.

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DN344: United States of Love – Tomasz Wasilewski

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2016/11/18

Tomasz Wasilewski returns to the DN podcast with a tale of lust, isolation and loneliness in which four woman decide it's time to change their lives.

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