We round up last weekend’s scares, screams and shivers that took place at Grimmfest 2015.
Film Festival
This Weekend Darkness falls on Manchester at Grimmfest 2015
This weekend annual horror and cult film festival Grimmfest rises once again to send a wave of shocks and screams across Manchester. Here’s a peek at what we’re intending to scare ourselves silly with…
1.4 Founder Lyndy Stout Talks Curation & the Launch of the Awards for Brilliant Filmmaking
“I’m always on the look out for fresh film voices telling stories in new ways.” 1.4 founder Lyndy Stout on the importance of curation, and launching the Awards for Brilliant Filmmaking.
Reading & Leeds 2015 Cinema Tent Shorts
This weekend DN is heading off the Reading & Leeds festivals to screen a selection of the best shorts know to man each and every night.
EIFF2015: A Twitter Review
Our highlights from the 69th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, presented in bite-size, easily digestible chunks of 140 characters or less.
EIFF2015: Business As Usual
“The film was the best I saw while at the festival.” A run down of what exited and disappointed us at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Ilinca Calugareanu Pulls Back the Iron Curtain on Romania’s VHS Revolution in ‘Chuck Norris vs Communism’
DN speaks to Ilinca Calugareanu, director of feature documentary ‘Chuck Norris vs Communism’ about the challenges of authentically representing Romania’s bleak period of 1980s paranoid surveillance and the rebellious hope that came from gathering together to watch a bootlegged VHS movie.
EIFF2015: The More Things Change…
With the 2015 edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival just 2 days away, DN’s Alex Barrett ponders the festival’s recent changes at the top & the potential gems of this year’s programme.
DN GSFF2015: Exploring the Role & Form of Short Film Criticism
Sitting on the opening panel of the Glasgow Short Film Festival’s day long Symposium with Suzanne van der Lingen, Professor Richard Raskin & Jorge Rivero, MarBelle took part in a discussion exploring the role and form of short film criticism.
DN LFF2014: Table Tennis & Hip Hop Come Together at Last in Michael Tully’s 80s Movie ‘Ping Pong Summer’
DN caught up with director Michael Tully to get the full funky fresh lowdown on the blending of table tennis and Hip Hop in his modern day 80s movie, ‘Ping Pong Summer’.
DN LFF2014: Finding Father Figures in the Wrong Places in Julius Avery’s Crime Drama ‘Son of a Gun’
In his action packed crime feature debut ‘Son of a Gun’, Julius Avery explores themes of masculinity and belonging through the adrenaline soaked lens of a high tension heist. Avery tells us how it all came together.
DN LFF2014: Zee Ntuli Flirts with the Danger of South Africa’s Criminal Streets in ‘Hard to Get’
DN sits down with director Zee Ntuli to discuss his high octane feature debut ‘Hard to Get’ and why he wants his film to break away from the legacy of yesterday’s South African cinema.