Directors Notes

Sep 01, 2025 — No matter where you are in the film festival landscape - from eager first timer to seasoned award winning pro, or on the other side of the equation, organising your first screening for the local community or a mammoth A-lister like Sundance or TIFF...

Aug 15, 2025 — This week we're joined by BAFTA winning filmmaker Victoria Mapplebeck to discuss her feature documentary Motherboard which transforms 20 years of solo parenting her son Jim into a groundbreaking work of cinematic self-portraiture as it charts two...

Aug 03, 2025 — We recently sat down with Anna Smith - broadcaster, film critic and co-founder of the Girls on Film podcast and awards. Known for her feminist film criticism and advocacy, Anna has spent her career carving out space for women’s voices. In our...

Jul 22, 2025 — DN first had the pleasure of speaking to filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari back in 2011, following the SXSW screening of Attenberg, a film which cemented her position as a linchpin of the Greek New Wave. A couple weeks ago, ahead of its UK cinema...

Jun 29, 2025 — This week we're bringing you Nimi's interview with writer/director Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, whose debut feature Cactus Pears - a tender, life-affirming portrait of grief and queer love unfolding in a rural Indian village - won Sundance's World Cinema...