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Dalano Barnes

Dalano Barnes

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Dalano Barnes is a Cornish filmmaker and founder of Cultful Films. After producing a series of animated short films, he wrote and directed his first live action short film The Man Behind the Machine (2023), which became part of the sci-fi anthology Merge (2025), reaching the UK Top 10 on Amazon Prime Video. Dalano is now in development with his debut feature film Amongst Crows.

Known for

Merge
The Man Behind the Machine

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