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DN LFF2011: Superheroes – Michael Barnett Updated: 2011-10-31 22:50:06 Description: Some are called, some are chosen but all attempt to work for the greater good of their communities. No it’s not the synopsis for Kick-Ass 2, but rather Michael Barnett’s feature documentary Superheroes which delves into the world of Real ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN LFF2011: Li and the Poet – Andrea Segre Updated: 2011-10-30 21:36:38 Description: Andrea Segre’s debut feature Li and the Poet tells the story of Shun Li, a Chinese woman working off her debt to a better life in Italy and the forbidden friendship she forms with retired fisherman Bepi. Andrea joined us at the London Film Fest...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN LFF2011: Natural Selection – Robbie Pickering Updated: 2011-10-28 18:06:30 Description: Although I’ve been chasing Robbie Pickering for an interview since seeing his multi-award winning Natural Selection at SXSW, it was the London Film Festival that delivered Robbie for an extended chat, where we spoke about self belief not gettin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN LFF2011: Natural Selection – Robbie Pickering Updated: 2011-10-28 18:06:30 Description: Although I’ve been chasing Robbie Pickering for an interview since seeing his multi-award winning Natural Selection at SXSW, it was the London Film Festival that delivered Robbie for an extended chat, where we spoke about self belief not gettin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN LFF2011: The Dish and the Spoon – Alison Bagnall Updated: 2011-10-27 22:45:15 Description: Alison Bagnall’s The Dish and the Spoon features a woman betrayed, who takes a romantic English teen on her journey through blind rage. Alison and I discuss the creative benefits of forced limitations and why it’s fine to not have all the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN LFF2011: How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire – Daniel Edelstyn Updated: 2011-10-26 17:19:10 Description: I’m pretty sure that Daniel Edelstyn is the only director I met at the London Film Festival this year who’s the rightful heir to a Russian vodka factory. We spoke about connecting with relatives from beyond the grave and working as a film...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN LFF2011: Shock Head Soul – Simon Pummell Updated: 2011-10-25 21:58:23 Description: Based on the famous book Memoirs of My Nervous Illness from German judge Daniel Paul Schreber, Simon Pummell’s feature Shock Head Soul depicts Schreber’s ‘madness from the inside’ through the combined use of live action, exper...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN LFF2011: The Somnambulists – Richard Jobson Updated: 2011-10-24 19:17:30 Description: Angered by the way he and the rest of us allowed the UK to sleepwalk into the Iraq war, Richard Jobson’s The Somnambulists is a departure for the director which explores the lost lives of 15 service men and women in stark visual style. We discu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN LFF2011: The Waves – Alberto Morais Updated: 2011-10-22 17:45:21 Description: In his debut feature The Waves (Las Olas), director Alberto Morais explores the conversations we have with history and ourselves through his lead character Miguel’s (Carlos Alvarez) journey into his past. We spoke to Alberto at the London Film ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN LFF2011: Amador – Fernando León de Aranoa Updated: 2011-10-20 16:33:19 Description: In the fifth feature from Spanish director Fernando León de Aranoa, a woman must reconcile dignity with personal necessity after forging a difficult friendship with the elderly, bedridden Amador. We caught up with Fernando at the London Film Festiva...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN LFF2011: Without – Mark Jackson Updated: 2011-10-18 15:54:33 Description: Named as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, director Mark Jackson has crafted a perfectly balanced portrait of a young woman balancing on the edge of sanity, whilst drowning in the depths of grief in his feature debut...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN LFF2011 – The Black Power Mixtape 1967 – 1975 – Göran Hugo Olsson Updated: 2011-10-17 19:40:45 Description: After discovering a cache of nearly 85 hours of pristine 16mm film shot by Swedish news reporters documenting the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community, director Göran Hugo Olsson brought together contemporary commentators and...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN LFF2011: Darwin – Nick Brandestini Updated: 2011-10-16 22:47:07 Description: In the first of our London Film Festival interviews we sit down with director Nick Brandestini to discuss his feature documentary Darwin; a look at an isolated community of 35 residents who live at end of a weathered road in Death Valley, California....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN220 – Kristoffer Borgli Updated: 2011-10-06 17:16:04 Description: We only discovered the work of director Kristoffer Borgli last year but instantly became lifelong fans of his style of filmmaking. Kristoffer joins us to discuss his career to date and why octopus faced kids are unlikely to appear in his ad work. I&#...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kristoffer Borgli Updated: 2011-10-05 16:14:59 Description: Kristoffer Borgli (2009-2011) A selection of Films from Kristoffer Borgli...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN219: Breakfast | Screwed Up – Kris Hofmann Updated: 2011-09-30 15:18:22 Description: I’ve been a fan of animator Kris Hofmann’s stop motion work since seeing her true lives of the animals we eat piece Breakfast a couple years ago. Her new piece Screwed Up is a charming film about not knowing a good thing until it’s ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Breakfast | Screwed Up – Kris Hofmann Updated: 2011-09-30 00:24:42 Description: Breakfast (2009) Often, we present our children with toys and books that tell joyful tales of animals living in peace on farms, surrounded by fields and forests. When a child’s room is left empty an ordinary tape player and a well used puzzle come ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN218: Undying Love – Omar Hauksson Updated: 2011-09-23 16:46:16 Description: I was skeptical I’d ever come across another zombie short worthy to be mentioned in the same breath as the classic I Love Sarah Jane, that was until I got a sneak peak at Omar Hauksson’s Undying Love. Omar joined me to discuss the Iceland...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Undying Love – Omar Hauksson Updated: 2011-09-22 16:53:52 Description: Undying Love (2011) What lengths does a man go to hold on to love....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN217: Third Star – Hattie Dalton Updated: 2011-09-15 15:52:04 Description: I’ve been a fan of director Hattie Dalton’s darkly comedic work since her first short The Banker walked away with the BAFTA Film Award in 2005, so grabbed the opportunity for an interview about her feature film debut Third Star. Hattie jo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Star – Hattie Dalton Updated: 2011-09-14 22:58:05 Description: Third Star (2010) Four best friends, all at the end of their twenties, set off on an ill-advised camping trip to West Wales. With no other skills for the outdoor life, except making tea, the journey will test their strength, their friendship, and the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN216: DOS – Stathis Athanasiou Updated: 2011-09-10 01:22:13 Description: This week not only did I get to talk to returning DN guest Stathis Athanasiou (DN036 & DN100) about his debut feature DOS, but we hit a DN double hat-trick with Stathis becoming the third director to make his third appearance on the podcast. We ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DOS – Stathis Athanasiou Updated: 2011-09-08 22:34:35 Description: DOS – A Love Story in Reverse (2011) Athens & Barcelona, two cities, two love stories, two languages, two realities, two couples that will never meet, two years anniversary… or is it all one?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN215: It’s Natural To Be Afraid – Justin Doherty Updated: 2011-08-25 22:13:03 Description: So, almost 5 years ago the Directors Notes’ podcast was born and back then no one had heard of us so finding guests was a bit more challenging than it is today. Luckily for us all, director Justin Doherty had a great short and was willing to gi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD It’s Natural To Be Afraid – Justin Doherty Updated: 2011-08-24 16:42:06 Description: It’s Natural To Be Afraid (2010) Mya is coming into the country. Sam is coming out of mourning. Ryan is coming into adulthood. Are any of them where they want to be?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN214: Bots High – Joey Daoud Updated: 2011-08-19 16:39:11 Description: After discovering the world of battle bots was alive and well in Miami high schools, director Joey Daoud was inspired to create Bots High, a documentary exploring the lives of the teenagers behind the fighting machines. Joey joins us to discuss divin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bots High – Joey Daoud Updated: 2011-08-19 02:08:22 Description: Bots High (2010) Following the adventures of three high school robotics teams battling for first place at the national robotics competition in Miami, Florida, Bot High is a no-holds-barred fight to the death with robot carnage everywhere you look....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN213: Craig Murray Updated: 2011-08-12 16:50:38 Description: I’ve been a fan of the triple filtered, experimental video work of Craig Murray for quite a while now so thought it was high time I invited him onto the show to discuss his love of the degraded image and why he is or isn’t a director. It&...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Craig Murray Updated: 2011-08-11 22:40:15 Description: Untitled – CONVERGE: Axe to Fall – OXBOW: Coalking – Making THE OCEAN projections One experiment, two music videos and a making of from the prolific talent that is Craig Murray. Warning: All of these films are NSFW in any shape or f...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN212 – Absentia – Mike Flanagan Updated: 2011-07-22 20:52:58 Description: Mike Flanagan’s missing persons, horror feature Absentia does away with cheap jump scares in favour of a character study on the tolls absence takes on those left behind, with some deftly executed ‘less is more’ frights to boot. Mike...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Absentia – Mike Flanagan Updated: 2011-07-22 13:10:18 Description: Absentia (2011) Absentia tells the story of a woman and her sister who begin to link a mysterious tunnel to a series of disappearances. Tricia’s husband Daniel has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN211: Ten for Grandpa – Doug Karr Updated: 2011-07-14 16:06:29 Description: How interesting is your grandfather? I’m willing to bet that no matter what he did in his younger years, it pales into insignificance when stacked up against director Doug Karr’s grandfather of mystery David Karr. Doug joins us to discuss...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ten for Grandpa – Doug Karr Updated: 2011-07-13 18:19:01 Description: Ten for Grandpa (2008) One Man, Two Superpowers, Three Ex-wives, Four Autopsies. David Karr: husband, father, White House press reporter, film producer, powerful millionaire, defense contractor, corporate CEO… Soviet agent? A fast-paced look at the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN210: Disco – Luke Snellin Updated: 2011-07-08 18:42:11 Description: Luke Snellin’s second short, and first instalment in his ‘Britpop Trilogy’ Mixtape topped 2009′s Virgin Media Shorts and made a large splash online. Luke returns with the awkward teen love triangle short Disco, and joins us to...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Disco – Luke Snellin Updated: 2011-07-07 16:37:02 Description: Disco (2010) July. 1997. The height of summer. Oasis reach number one with D’you Know What I Mean. Tony Blair has moved his stuff in to Downing Street. Meanwhile Danny Graham is trying to tell a girl named Pippa that he likes her....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN EIFF2011: Nokia Shorts Updated: 2011-06-30 16:33:43 Description: Back in March Nokia continued their support of the short film format through the use of mobile phone cameras, with the launch of the Nokia Shorts competition. Filmmakers around the globe were challenged to create a two minute video pitching the short...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN209: The Ghosts – Eddie O’Keefe Updated: 2011-06-24 20:09:05 Description: Director Eddie O’Keefe crashes on to the show this week with his ‘Teenage Fever Dream’ short The Ghosts. We discuss the benefits of the production mixtape and the heavy influence music plays in his filmmaking. We went into The Ghost...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Ghosts – Eddie O’Keefe Updated: 2011-06-24 00:07:12 Description: The Ghosts (2011) A sheltered teenage girl’s life is turned on it’s head when a mysterious gang of greasers swarm into her sleepy suburb and she falls in love with their tough, handsome leader Frank....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN208: Island – Brek Taylor & Elizabeth Mitchell Updated: 2011-06-16 18:47:36 Description: Most of the films we feature on DN arrive out of the blue as completed pieces, but there are a few directors who have been with us for long enough that we get to peak at their projects from the earliest stages of gestation and watch them grow into fu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Island – Brek Taylor & Elizabeth Mitchell Updated: 2011-06-15 18:40:16 Description: Island (2011) A psychological drama based on the acclaimed novel by Jane Rogers, Island is a haunting tale of yearning, retribution and redemption....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN207: Train of Thought – Leo Bridle & Ben Thomas Updated: 2011-06-12 16:04:12 Description: Leo Bridle and Ben Thoma’s graduation short Train of Thought is an impressive mix of cut-out live action, stop motion, paper craft, green screen, rotoscoping and sketched animation. Leo and Ben join us this week to discuss their multi-disciplin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Train of Thought – Leo Bridle & Ben Thomas Updated: 2011-06-09 19:30:18 Description: Train of Thought (2010) In a world made entirely out of paper, the wistful drawings in a man′s sketchbook are brought to life by the rhythm of a train journey…....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN206: WHAT IS UP? – Urban Screen Updated: 2011-06-02 23:35:55 Description: Urban Screen is a collective of artists from diverse disciplines who combine their talents to develop large-scale, site specific projections on urban surfaces. I’m joined this week by Thorsten Bauer to discuss the creation of the soul room in t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD WHAT IS UP? – Urban Screen Updated: 2011-06-01 13:28:27 Description: WHAT IS UP? (2010) „WHAT IS UP?“ is an architectural projection on „de Pakkerij“ – a typical Dutch dwelling house in the city center of Enschede / Netherland. It was performed during the International Festival of Arts “Grenswerk” on...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN205: Animal Control – Kire Paputts Updated: 2011-05-26 23:12:01 Description: I The hidden life of an Animal Services worker by day / taxidermist by night maybe the last place you’d expect to find a touching story of friendship found and lost, but it’s exactly here that director Kire Papputts set his gently affecti...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Animal Control – Kire Paputts Updated: 2011-05-25 16:05:43 Description: Animal Control (2010) Larry works for Animal Services. His job is picking up road kill along the highway; his hobby is taxidermy. Socially isolated, his home is a sanctuary and his only companions are the animals he’s stuffed. One night at work, La...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN204: Douglas Burgdorff Updated: 2011-05-19 23:47:48 Description: Douglas Burgdorff makes films you can’t watch in front of your parents or at work, but their hypnotic, messed up beauty make them the guiltiest of morish viewing pleasures. I spoke to Doug about shaming the family name and asking strangers to f...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Douglas Burgdorff Updated: 2011-05-18 15:48:11 Description: Mutant Sperm – Porch Casserole – Prick A selection of films from the warped, and highly creative mind of Douglas Burgdorff...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN203: Falling Overnight – Conrad Jackson Updated: 2011-05-13 17:18:32 Description: Debut feature Falling Overnight takes us on a 24 hour ride through LA with Elliot and Chloe as they fall in love. Although the setup sounds ripe for mawkishness, director Conrad Jackson’s light hand never let’s this burgeoning romance fal...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Falling Overnight – Conrad Jackson Updated: 2011-05-11 17:37:30 Description: Falling Overnight (2010) Falling Overnight tells the story of twenty-two year old Elliot Carson on the day before he has surgery to remove a brain tumor. Facing what could be his last night, Elliot’s path intersects with Chloe Webb, a beautiful you...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN202: After – Gabriel Tupinamba Updated: 2011-05-06 17:41:09 Description: Since we last spoke to director Gabriel Tupinamba (DN94), he’s left England for his native Brazil, but has continued to create the distinct shorts that brought him to our attention in the first place. Gabriel’s new film After (Depois) is ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD After – Gabriel Tupinamba Updated: 2011-05-05 16:33:28 Description: After (2010) The story of men who survived the end of the world – and of those who didn’t even know it was over....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN201: Condemned – Oren Shai Updated: 2011-04-29 17:40:34 Description: Director Oren Shai’s short Condemned pays masterful homage to ‘women in prison’ movies of the 1950′s, whilst mixing in alternative genre tropes to create a film that surpasses mere reflection. Oren joins us to discuss taking a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Condemned – Oren Shai Updated: 2011-04-28 13:22:02 Description: Condemned (2011) DEPRAVED, INCORRIGIBLE, DEFEATED, THIS WOMAN IS… CONDEMNED!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN200: Long Street – Revel Fox Updated: 2011-04-21 15:13:11 Description: It’s one thing to shoot what you know, but bringing the darkest period of your family’s history to screen, with your wife and daughter reprising their roles, would be a step too far into the personal for many a filmmaker, but not so for d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Long Street – Revel Fox Updated: 2011-04-21 09:07:33 Description: Long Street (2009) An intimate portrait of the fragile relationship between Sia, a recovering drug addict and her mother Maria....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN SXSW2011: Wrap Up Updated: 2011-04-11 17:20:49 Description: With a few weeks’ perspective (and a whole lot of sleep) on our side after the intense 10 days that was SXSW 2011, I asked DN friend Andrew Johnson, host of MovieChatter, to join me for a wrap up session of the films that left a lasting impress...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN199: Meet Monica Velour – Keith Bearden Updated: 2011-04-08 21:48:47 Description: We’ve spoken to a lot of very talented shorts directors through the years and unfortunately, either through design or circumstance, very few of them make it to the ‘feature director’ phase of their careers, which makes me all the ha...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Meet Monica Velour – Keith Bearden Updated: 2011-04-07 19:52:06 Description: Meet Monica Velour (2010) When Tobe Hulbert sets off on a journey to track down his favorite adult star from the ‘80s, Monica Velour, he is confronted with a case of harsh reality....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN SXSW2011: Bad Fever – Dustin Guy Defa Updated: 2011-04-05 22:56:44 Description: Much of what I decided to see at SXSW came from the recommendations of others, so when Andrew Johnson of MovieChatter called me up to insist I join him and the director of one of his favourite South By films for dinner “Right Now!” I hope...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN SXSW2011: Convento – Jarred Alterman Updated: 2011-04-04 23:49:06 Description: Sitting somewhere between documentary and art piece, Convento looks at the work of Dutch kinetic artist Christiaan Zwanikken and the restored monastery in Portugal that provides both home and inspiration for the work of Christiaan and his family. Dir...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN SXSW2011: Kill List – Ben Wheatley Updated: 2011-04-02 00:20:22 Description: With his first feature Down Terrace, Ben Wheatley breathed new life into the hackneyed corpse of the British Gangster flick, so Kill List, his take on the horror movie, was always going to top my SXSW must see list. As it’s very possible I coul...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN SXSW2011: Attenberg – Athina Rachel Tsangari Updated: 2011-03-31 17:55:30 Description: Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg has been a critical favourite (see our review) since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. I got to see Attenberg in Tsangari’s spiritual film home, SXSW (she’s a former Austinite �...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN SXSW2011: Way of the Morris – Tim Plester Updated: 2011-03-29 23:16:37 Description: Despite living a 50 minute train ride from my house, it took, two planes and the SXSW film festival for me to catch up with actor and director Tim Plester. Since we last spoke about his short English Language with English Subtitles, Tim’s been ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN SXSW2011: Green – Sophia Takal & Lawrence Michael Levine Updated: 2011-03-29 15:16:50 Description: For her directorial debut feature Green, Sophia Takal explores the fraught ground of jealousy and insecurity, and the tricks a mind can play when consumed by both. I joined Sophia and producer/actor Lawrence Michael Levine at SXSW to discuss subverti...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN SXSW2011: Hit So Hard – David Ebersole & Todd Hughes Updated: 2011-03-28 20:39:59 Description: Around the time of the band’s Celebrity Skin album, original Hole drummer Patty Schemel disappeared from the rocket ride of musical stardom and into a darker world of drug addicition and homelessness, from which she eventually emerged stronger,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN SXSW2011: Dragonslayer – Tristan Patterson Updated: 2011-03-27 22:54:13 Description: With its solid 10 track album structure, SXSW Best Documentary Feature & Best Cinematography winner Dragonslayer lets us vicariously live in the world of Fullerton skater Josh Sandoval – or ‘Screech’ to those who know him ̵...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN SXSW2011 – Hesher – Spencer Susser Updated: 2011-03-25 10:25:32 Description: Ever since I first saw the short I Love Sarah Jane back in ’08, I’ve been hounding director Spencer Susser for a DN interview. Luckily for all of us he was a little too busy working on his jump into features, and even better, that feature...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DN SXSW2011 – Sound It Out – Jeanie Finlay Updated: 2011-03-24 09:52:40 Description: It just wouldn’t be right if at least one of our SXSW interviews didn’t come from the musical raucousness that is Austin’s 6th Street and with her record store based documentary Sound it Out I could think of no better fit than our v...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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