NEWS
Darius Shu attends the world premiere of Sam Mendes' new film 1917 at Leicester Square, London.
1917 WORLD PREMIERE EVENT
This Director’s Debut Film is ONLY £400 But Was Selected For Robert De Niro’s Film Festival.
WORLD OF BUZZ
Director/cinematographer/photographer Darius Shu and team proved that you don't always need a big budget and fancy sets to make a good film.
ROJAK DAILY
Ahead of the festival later this week, Close-up Culture’s James Prestridge spoke to the co-directors about their incredible resourcefulness, exploring the issue of loneliness, creating a distinct visual style, and much more.
CLOSE UP CULTURE
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Arron Blake and Darius Shu write, direct, and produce short film, His Hands, an atmospheric psychological thriller. Shu and Blake opt not to use dialogue throughout, lending further strength to the film's richly crafted aesthetics and allowing us as viewers to use our own perspectives in exploring the intriguingly ambiguous narrative.
CULTURE FIX
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Reading this short synopsis I didn’t know how the film was going to be portrayed; little did I know this was going to be a film that would watch and immediately message every single one of my friends to tell them to watch it immediately!
THE MOVIE BUFF
Darius Shu met singer-songwriter AJ Mitchell and attended his first ever London concert.
MEETING AJ MITCHELL
A new short film, made with a budget of 400 pounds has just had its premiere at one of the world's leading film festivals.
His Hands was selected to be part of Tribeca in New York - putting the silent thriller on an international platform.
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LONDON LIVE
Filmmaker Darius Shu Shares Exciting News About His Film “The Secret Child” and More
OCCHI MAGAZINE NYC
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Featuring no dialog outside of a cryptic physical language that both parties seem to comprehend on some level but which eludes any firm translation, His Hands exists to be pondered more than understood.
HORROR BUZZ
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Co-writers and directors Arron Blake and Darius Shu have grand ambitions for the intentionally ambiguous His Hands.
FILM THREAT
Every once in a while, a truly unusual and striking film stops you in your tracks – when it’s a silent film that runs just about as long as your tea break but packs a considerable punch, you know you’re really onto something.
ATTITUDE MAGAZINE
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Cranking the atmosphere to eleven, short filmmakers Arron Blake and Darius Shu treat audiences to a smorgasbord of tension and drama with no dialogue to act as relief. The result is a compelling and piercing mystery-thriller.
