Directors Notes
The What, How & Why of Independent Filmmakiing
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Director Nathan Johnson invited DN to dig into the hazards of flying pins and sore fingers he faced during the creation of his mind-boggling stop motion music video ‘Change is Everything’.
Animator Joe Bichard encourages us to lay-off the self-flagulation in Alain de Botton scripted short 'A Self Compassion Exercise'
Director Evan Viera joins us to talk about his teaser-trailer for animated series AIKO - A blend of classic samurai narrative meets apocalyptic fantasy tale, Viera and writer Charley Pope are hoping this short intro into their world finds them the funding/backing to develop it further.
We talk to Director Quentin Haberham about creating a junkyard hero with a heart in animated short ‘Jack’.
Director Dylan Carter wants to let you know that ‘your art is shit’...but maybe that's ok?
Director Luke Kondor and Animator Emma Reading talk to DN about fear, locally sourced collaborators and how the pair captured the magic of confused recollection in ‘Doghouse’, a tale of dogs, Christmas and family.
Justine Vuylsteker tells DN how a happy accident of project cross-pollination led to the creation of his textured animated crush, 'Paris'.
Created to make people think about how the products they use affect deforestation and, as a wider consequence, climate change, the Moth Collective introduce their latest film for the Global Canopy Programme 'Forest 500'.
With 2012 Cartoon d’Or award winner, the hugely popular 'Oh Willy...' available online from today, it seemed only right to revisit our interview from 2012 with one-half of its directorial duo, Emma De Swaef.
Feeling like a film that encourages conversation, we speak to director Jess Collett about what inspired the unusual narrative and distinct look behind RCA grad film 'Boom is Life'.
When young and old come together in an isolated gas station in Jonah Primiano’s 'IDLE', we discover that each is bound to the other by a shared plague of existential doubts. Primiano tells DN how the daunting encroachment of adulthood inspired his subtle metaphysical tale of late night ennui.
In Liam Murphy's award winning 'NO-A', a tenacious robot battles merciless enemies to rescue his creator. We invited Murphy to share how a 'quality over quantity' approach shaped the story and production of his robot with a heart sci-fi short.
