A film filled with deep humour and an even deeper humanity, DN sits down with Icelandic Director Grimur Hakonarson to discuss his Un Certain Regard winning feature ‘Rams’ .
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Landscape, Metaphors and Self-Distribution: The Tale of Brett & Simon Harvey’s ‘Brown Willy’
Cornish brothers Brett and Simon Harvey discuss ‘Brown Willy’, their moving and funny two-hander set entirely in the environs of Cornwall’s Bodmin Moor.
DN337: Jaco Van Dormael Delivers the Gospel According to God’s Daughter in ‘The Brand New Testament’
Award winning Director Jaco Van Dormael joins DN to discuss why his irreverent forth feature ’The Brand New Testament‘ isn’t about religion.
DN336: Asaf Korman Delves into the Heart of Unhealthy Symbiotic Relationships in Sibling Drama ‘Next to Her’
Israeli director Asaf Korman joins us on the podcast with feature debut ‘Next to Her’, an intimate and very personal look at the themes of co-dependence and unhealthy symbiotic relationships.
DN335: Hanna Polak Unearths the Treacherous Journey of Life on a Moscow Rubbish Dump in ’Something Better to Come‘
Oscar-nominated Director Hanna Polak reveals why she dedicated 14 years of her life to tell the story of Yula, a young girl who grew up on Europe’s largest garbage dump, in the heart wrenching vérité documentary ‘Something Better to Come’.
DN334: Enduring the Violence of Strangers in Stephen Fingleton’s Dystopian Feature ‘The Survivalist’
Stephen Fingleton joins DN to discuss the harsh realities of a career in filmmaking and how he created the contained post-apocalyptic world of his debut feature ‘The Survivalist’.
DN Top Ten Feature Films of 2015
Team DN has selected a beautifully rounded list of 50 features from 2015 which are more than worthy of your time, but if that seems a little overwhelming, our supercomputer has been working overtime to calculate the perfect ten for you start off with.
MarBelle Top Ten Feature Films of 2015
Sanity proves to be a shaky concept in MarBelle’s 2015 Top Ten Features list.
El Vez Top Ten Feature Films of 2015
From hip-hop musicals to Cannes award-winners. El Vez picks his favourite features from 2015.
Amber Williams Top Ten Feature Films of 2015
Newest DN team member Amber Williams steps up to the plate with her top ten picks of 2015.
Jeanie Finlay Top Ten Feature Films of 2015
You might think that Jeanie Finlay would have been too busy in 2015 with the release of her music doc ‘Orion’ and its BIFA win to have watched anyone else’s films, but she did and DN gets to reap the rewards of her cinematic dedication in the her 2015 Top Top list.
Neil Fox Top Ten Feature Films of 2015
Christmas is over and the new year is almost upon us and so as tradition dictates, Dr. Neil Fox takes up the vanguard of the DN Best Features of 2015 lists.