Dave Smith, Author at close-upfilm

As well as co-writing and starring, Sunlight is Nina Conti's directorial debut.

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October 17, 2025 Dave Smith

Sunlight (PG) |Close-Up Film Review

As well as co-writing and starring, Sunlight is Nina Conti’s directorial debut.

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May 6, 2022 Dave Smith

Savage Waters |Close-Up Film Review

A 19th century treasure-hunter’s journal inspires a journey to seek out and surf a mythical, never-ridden wave in the dangerous Atlantic waters surrounding the Savage Islands.

On Digital Reviews

April 4, 2021 Dave Smith

The Drifters (12) | Close-Up Film Review

Benjamin Bond’s directorial debut is a post-Brexit, modern-day romance, which depending on yours views on Brexit, you’ll ever love or hate.

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November 17, 2020 Dave Smith

Five Dates | Close-Up Film Review

Filmed and developed during lockdown, Five Dates is a completely live action, interactive rom-com film about the unpredictable world of digital dating.

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April 5, 2017 Dave Smith

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo | Close-Up Film Review

The British team behind this documentary came to the story after their excellent work on ‘The Last Man on the Moon’, which premiered at SXSW in 2015 and told the tale of Astronaut Gene Cernan. Cernan, who flew three times in space and twice to the Moon, and who died in January this year.

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May 28, 2015 Dave Smith

The Dead Lands (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Set hundreds of years ago in New Zealand, director Toa Fraser’s film examines the people, spiritual beliefs and even fighting styles of a Māori tribe, with the movie’s dialogue all spoken in the endangered Māori language.