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MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the multi-decade incarnation of this disorder and remains so much cheaper than film school.

Music Video

Guilty Pleasures Meet Female Vengeance in Armand De Saint-Salvy’s One-Shot Music Video ’29 Gold Stars’

Armand De Saint-Salvy shares how he pulled off a one-shot tale of deceit and vengeance that unfolds over several weeks in music video '29 Gold Stars'.

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Documentary

A Stuntman Gets His Time in the Spotlight in E.J. Mcleavey-Fisher’s Underdog Doc ‘The Guy: The Brian Donahue Story’

Filmmaker E.J. McLeavey-Fisher discusses how the underdog story of a veteran stuntman inspired him to reimagine his approach to documentary filmmaking.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Pair of Outcasts Flee for the Refuge of the Sea in Pérez Y Stein’s Split Perspective Shorts ‘UMI’

We speak to Paul Stein about drawing inspiration from the work of Jim Jarmusch & the focus shooting on film provided for split perspective shorts 'UMI'.

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Asides, Music Video

Roam, Little Gypsy, Roam

Kimberly Stuckwisch & Melora Donoghue gather 3 generations of women in their atmospheric rumination on the themes of motherhood, ageing and domesticity.

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Asides, Music Video

SlowThai: Inglorious (Feat. Skepta)

DN faves Crowns & Owls flex their considerable filmmaking muscles for SlowThai’s incendiary flows (ft. Skepta) in gritty new music video 'Inglorious'.

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Live Action

Squirm at the Uncomfortable Comedy of Personality Assassination via Phone Security System in ‘Insecurity Questions’

A man battles his way through an updated phone verification process which hits a little too close to the bone in Rosco 5's comedy 'Insecurity Questions'.

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Art & Fashion

madeinhollywoodusa Explore the Relationship Between Pleasure & Risk in Mesmerising Gravity Defying Short ‘Eve’

madeinhollywoodusa talk to DN about the challenges of conceptualising a hyper-real world which breaks the laws of physics in gravity defying short 'EVE'.

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Animation, Asides

Mr. Madila on Love & Death

Beakus animator Rory WT returns to the mind-bending philosophy of gifted spiritual healer Mr. Madila in his new comedy series for Adult Swim Smalls.

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Asides, Music Video

Otoboke Beaver: Don’t Light My Fire

ONIONSKIN partner up with punk band Otoboke Beaver for rivetingly in your face 360 degree captured performance music video 'Don’t Light My Fire'.

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Asides, Music Video

La Famille Ouellette: Satin

Things get steamy and a tad uncomfortable when a wife indulges in a virtual tryst with a handsome electrician in Philippe Grenier’s 'Satin' music video.

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Documentary

Marvel at the Living Art of Catalonia’s Mesmerising Human Towers in Autobahn Documentary ‘Castells’

Pedro and James reveal how they documented the characters and communities behind the Catalan tradition of human towers in captivating short 'Castells'.

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Live Action, Premiere

Tomas Leach Delves into the Guilty Memory of Childhood Actions in ‘The Day Ray Impaled Himself on the Fence’

We talk to Tomas Leach about 'The Day Ray Impaled Himself on the Fence' - the story of a woman who reflects on her culpability for a childhood accident.

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