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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

A Woman Fights Against the Subjugation of a Strange Religious Cult in Thomas Vernay’s ‘Fantome X’

DN talks to Thomas Vernay about creating a folk horror wrapped sci-fi music video addressing female subjugation for Scratch Massive’s 'Fantome X'.

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Animation, Asides, Music Video

FJAAK: Snow

A man embarks on a spiritual journey of partnership, love, pain, destruction, growth & rebirth in Raman Djafari's twisting, transforming animation 'Snow'.

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Live Action

Chad Cunningham Initiates Us Into the Secret Dark Heart of the Scouts in Short Film Thriller ‘The Order’

Chad Cunningham joins DN to discuss how his love of thrillers and history in the Boy Scouts of America culminated into dark allegorical short 'The Order'.

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Asides, Live Action

Christmas On The Moon

A 12 year old girl becomes embroiled in a violent drug war when she decides to keep a giant teddy bear bound for a mafia boss in 'Christmas On The Moon'.

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Asides, Music Video

Adelphi Music Factory: Javelin (Calling Out Your Name)

A young drummer repeatedly runs late for rehearsal, building into a layered spiral of drumming, running and preaching in Fanny Hoetzeneder's 'Javelin'.

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Art & Fashion, Asides

mini landscapes

Macro filmmaker Clemens Wirth takes mother nature and its different elements as his muse in his new handcrafted miniature short 'mini landscapes'.

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Animation, Asides

Shimo

A curious young peasant makes a fatally chilly discovery in the woods in animation & design studio Bullpen’s enchanting short 'Shimo'.

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Documentary, Premiere

David Findlay Captures the Frenetic Life of an Olympic Middle Distance Runner in Asics’ Documentary ’72 Hours’

David Findlay’s frenetic Asics' doc '72 Hours' provides a glimpse into a normal weekend for Olympic middle-distance runner Charles Philibert-Thiboutot.

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Animation, Asides

Too Young for a Memoir

Artist/Animator Case Jernigan submerges us in a reservoir of memory, nostalgia and regret in mixed media animation short 'Too Young for a Memoir'.

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Live Action, Premiere

Jealousy Rears Its Ugly Head in Christopher Lovick’s Disturbing Portrayal of Toxic Masculinity ‘Brandon’

Director Christopher Lovick plunges us into the ugly depths of toxic masculinity wrought by illogical jealousy in disturbing relationship short 'Brandon'.

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Animation, Asides

We Need to Talk About Cosmos

An astronaut recounts the daily difficulties of life in space compared to here on earth in Raphaël Bluzet’s animation 'We Need to Talk About Cosmos'.

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Live Action

An Eager Sobriety Coach Tries to Wrangle an Uncontrollable Film Star in Freddie Hall’s Comedy ‘Dead to the World’

A filmmaker who's been making us laugh for a while here at DN, we finally caught up with Freddie Hall to discuss his new comedy short 'Dead to the World'.

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