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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Roundup of the London Film Festival 2024 | 27 oct. 2024 | 00:57:55 | |
The Directors Notes Podcast returns! And this episode sees Sarah (joined by DN guests old and new) looking back at being thrown into the deep end of LFF 2024. | |||
| DN372: The Passion of Desire Spans Decades in Lucio Castro’s Queer Romance Feature ‘End of the Century’ | 23 déc. 2019 | 00:20:01 | |
Lucio Castro joins DN with decade spanning film 'End of the Century' which reunites 2 men for a one night stand whose seeds were sown two decades earlier. | |||
| DN371: Maura Delpero Embarks on an Enthralling Exploration of the Meaning of Motherhood in Dramatic Debut ‘Maternal’ | 20 déc. 2019 | 00:20:06 | |
Maura Delpero reveals how she built cohesion between the professional, non-professional and child performances needed for her drama debut 'Maternal'. | |||
| DN370: Eryk Rocha Captures the Financial and Emotional Struggles of a Nocturnal Rio Cab Driver in ‘Burning Night’ | 08 déc. 2019 | 00:20:49 | |
Eryk Rocha tells DN how the themes of isolation & economic struggle in his story of a Rio cab driver, 'Burning Night' mirror the current crisis in Brazil. | |||
| DN369: Henry Blake Exposes the Cruel Exploitation of Britain’s Youth by Drugs Gangs in Shocking Debut ‘County Lines’ | 30 nov. 2019 | 00:20:18 | |
Director Henry Blake reveals the many ways his proof-of-concept short paved the way for the creation of his powerful debut feature 'County Lines'. | |||
| DN368: A Defiant Teen Discovers the Destructive Power of Lies in Svetla Tsotsorkova’s Bulgarian Drama ‘Sister’ | 16 nov. 2019 | 00:11:33 | |
Svetla Tsotsorkova joins DN to discuss her drama feature 'Sister' the story of a compulsive liar whose fanciful stories threaten to tear her family apart. | |||
| DN367: A Deep Dive into ‘Burning Cane’, Phillip Youmans’ Debut Feature Which Made Tribeca History | 06 nov. 2019 | 00:20:48 | |
Phillip Youmans joins DN to discuss the experience of taking on multiple production roles for his Tribeca winning debut feature 'Burning Cane'. | |||
| DN366: Hari Sama Returns to the Hedonistic Days of Mexico City’s Post-Punk Scene in ‘This Is Not Berlin’ | 02 nov. 2019 | 00:19:37 | |
Hari Sama talks to DN about heading back to the post-punk days of sexual liberty, outsider art and drugs which helped shape him in 'This Is Not Berlin'. | |||
| DN365: Isabella Eklöf Exposes the Rot Beneath the Glitzy Veneer of Power & Money in Unflinching Debut ‘Holiday’ | 30 nov. 2018 | 00:22:03 | |
Isabella Eklöf discusses 'Holiday', her unflinching depiction of the control and sexual violence lurking beneath the glitzy veneer of power and money. | |||
| DN364: Philippe Faucon Contemplates the Loneliness of Economic Migration in French Drama ‘Amin’ | 23 nov. 2018 | 00:15:13 | |
Philippe Faucon discusses the integral role non-actors played in bringing authenticity to his story of economic separation and loneliness, 'Amin'. | |||
| DN363: Sara Colangelo Tracks a Destructive Spiral of Obsession in Feature Thriller ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ | 15 nov. 2018 | 00:24:10 | |
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. | |||
| DN362: A Troubled Imposter Tries to Find Her Way Home in Christina Choe’s Psychodrama ‘Nancy’ | 08 nov. 2018 | 00:17:25 | |
DN speaks to Christina Choe about her debut psychodrama 'Nancy' and the difficulties of bringing stories led by complex female protagonists to screen. | |||
| DN361: Erik Poppe Forces Us to Experience Norway’s Terror Attack First Hand in One-Shot Feature ‘Utøya – July 22’ | 02 nov. 2018 | 00:25:38 | |
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. | |||
| DN360: London Film Festival 2018 – Female Filmmaker Panel | 25 oct. 2018 | 00:35:51 | |
LFF Female Filmmaker panellists discuss the gender barriers they overcame to make their films and strategies to level the filmmaking playing field for all. | |||
| DN359: Matthew Jones Charts the Rise, Fall & Redemption of James Lavelle in ‘The Man from Mo’Wax’ | 30 août 2018 | 00:32:25 | |
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. | |||
| DN358: Luca Dipierro Animates the Death of a Band in ‘Rising. A Requiem For Father Murphy’ | 06 avr. 2018 | 00:32:44 | |
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. | |||
| DN357: James Erskine Documents the Awe-Inspiring Artistic, Athletic & Societal Struggle of ‘The Ice King’ | 23 févr. 2018 | 00:24:47 | |
James Erskine shares how he crafted a documentary about the artistic, athletic and societal struggle of John Curry, the world's greatest ice skater. | |||
| DN356: Dustin Guy Defa Weaves a Whimsical Tapestry of New York Stories in Ensemble Feature ‘Person to Person’ | 21 déc. 2017 | 00:14:16 | |
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. | |||
| DN355: A Prima Ballerina Fights for Relevance & Perfection in Birgitte Stærmose’s Psycho Thriller ‘Darling’ | 09 nov. 2017 | 00:24:43 | |
Denmark's Birgitte Stærmose discusses 'Darling', her intense story of pain and perfection which unfolds in the demanding world of professional ballet. | |||
| DN354: An English Boxer Fights to Survive a Brutal Thai Prison in Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s ‘A Prayer Before Dawn’ | 26 oct. 2017 | 00:15:24 | |
How director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire brought the brutal reality of an English boxer's life in one Thailand's most notorious prisons to screen. | |||
| DN353: Rob Curry & Tim Plester Herald the Rebirth of a Folk Legend in ‘The Ballad of Shirley Collins’ | 19 oct. 2017 | 00:37:28 | |
Rob Curry & Tim Plester craft a lyrical response to the life, work & tragic loss of the High Queene of English Folk music, Shirley Collins. | |||
| DN352: In Conversation with Legendary Filmmaker Chris Shepherd | 04 oct. 2017 | 00:28:00 | |
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'. | |||
| DN351: Future Shock! Paul Goodwin & Sean Hogan Unearth the Untold Story of Anarchic Comic 2000AD | 04 août 2017 | 00:37:28 | |
Director Paul Goodwin & Producer Sean Hogan delve into the creation of their passion fuelled documentary history of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, 2000AD. | |||
| DN350: Nico Edwards Documents a Treacherous 8,000 Mile Pacific Voyage Through Ice & Wind in ‘Sea Gypsies’ | 04 mai 2017 | 00:21:09 | |
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. | |||
| DN349: Matt Hopkins & Ben Lankester Document a Band Stuck in the Middle in ‘A Divorce Before Marriage’ | 13 avr. 2017 | 00:31:40 | |
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. | |||
| DN348: Nickolas Duarte Discovers the Painful Past of the Man Who Paints Souls in ‘Jay’ | 16 mars 2017 | 00:26:32 | |
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. | |||
| DN347: Chameleon – Jorge Riquelme Serrano | 15 déc. 2016 | 00:13:44 | |
Jorge Riquelme Serrano shares how structured improvisation enabled him to shoot his uninvited guest psychological thriller feature debut in a mere 4 days. | |||
| DN346: Chasing Asylum – Eva Orner | 08 déc. 2016 | 00:13:57 | |
Eva Orner’s documentary exposes the repugnant, inhumane ways the Australian government treats asylum seekers and its attempts to hide these atrocities. | |||
| DN345: The Eyes of My Mother – Nicolas Pesce | 30 nov. 2016 | 00:23:07 | |
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. | |||
| DN344: United States of Love – Tomasz Wasilewski | 18 nov. 2016 | 00:20:29 | |
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. | |||
| DN343: Indivisible – Edoardo De Angelis | 10 nov. 2016 | 00:10:50 | |
Edoardo De Angelis explores themes of individualism and sororal symbiosis in his tale of singing siamese twins who discover the possibility of life apart. | |||
| DN342: After Love – Joachim Lafosse | 04 nov. 2016 | 00:16:52 | |
Joachim Lafosse discusses how he depicted a couple's acrimonious separation and divorce through the use of long fluid sequence shots of domestic hostility. | |||
| DN341: The Day Will Come – Jesper W Nielsen | 26 oct. 2016 | 00:12:19 | |
Jesper W Nielsen delivers a painfully honest depiction of a Danish orphanage where two brothers try to escape the wrath of their headmaster’s tyranny. | |||
| DN340: On Call – Alice Diop | 19 oct. 2016 | 00:08:05 | |
Alice Diop's latest documentary seeks to put names and faces to the asylum seekers suffering a life of loneliness and fear as they live in exile in Paris. | |||
| DN339: TOWER – Keith Maitland | 14 oct. 2016 | 00:34:26 | |
Keith Maitland shares how he combined archival footage & rotoscoped animation to place audiences in the crosshairs of his Texas Tower shooting documentary. | |||
| DN338: Sheep & Sibling Strife – Grimur Hakonarson on his Cannes Winning Feature ‘Rams’ | 08 juin 2016 | 00:23:59 | |
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’ . | |||
| DN337: Jaco Van Dormael Preaches the Gospel According to God’s Daughter in ‘The Brand New Testament’ | 15 avr. 2016 | 00:22:27 | |
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’ | 10 mars 2016 | 00:43:41 | |
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‘ | 23 févr. 2016 | 00:37:08 | |
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’ | 12 févr. 2016 | 00:23:22 | |
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’. | |||
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