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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.

Animation, Asides

Belly Flop

A plucky young girl musters her fearless determination to learn how to dive in Jeremy Collins and Kelly Dillon's charming as hell short 'Belly Flop'.

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Animation, Asides

Going Ape

A colourful collage of pop culture references 'Going Ape' imagines a world where apes have fully embraced the smartphone & all its associated behaviours.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Young Woman Is Torn Between Her Future or Caring for Her Family in Vishnu Vallabhaneni’s ‘Sunshine and Rain’

Vishnu Vallabhaneni talks to DN about transforming the experiences of a close friend into an emotional story about family responsibility & self-sacrifice.

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Animation, Asides

Roundabout

In darkly comic animation 'Roundabout' Noah Gavrich reminds us that life really is just driving in circles until your particular record comes to a stop.

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Asides, Live Action

Little Monster

Charlotte Regan reunites with actor Neil Maskell for Random Acts short 'Little Monster' the emotive story of a father’s prison phone call to his daughter.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN363: Sara Colangelo Tracks a Destructive Spiral of Obsession in Feature Thriller ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’

Sara Colangelo joins us to discuss her process for working with actors, the advantages of a Netflix release and why directing shouldn't be a dictatorship.

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Art & Fashion

Alec Battistoni Attempts to Escape Long-Term Relationship Stagnation in Experimental Dance Short ‘Pattern, Break’

We talk to Alec Battistoni about grappling with the inevitable staleness of long-term passion in dual format, experimental dance short 'Pattern, Break'.

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Animation, Asides

A Daily Chat

RCA student Cheng-Hsu Chung picks at the painful wound inflicted by professing your love only to have it brushed aside in animated short 'A Daily Chat'.

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Animation, Asides

Get Your Brain Back

A cautionary tale made for our always connected era, Mighty Nice's 'Get Your Brain Back' ad spot encourages us to no longer be slaves to technology.

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Adam Priester Encapsulates the Passionate Struggle of Creation in Dark CGI Short ‘Hallow’

Adam Priester speaks to DN about capturing the reverent feeling the act of creation imbues in us with his self-reflective CGI grad short 'Hallow'.

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Asides, Music Video

Criolo: Boca de Lobo

Civil unrest and urban chaos break out on the streets of São Paulo in Cisma’s politically charged music video for Criolo track Boca de Lobo.

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Music Video

The Day: Where The Wild Things Are

Lumi Lausas constructs a pastel parade of perfect poses for shoegaze twosome The Day in enigmatic dream pop music video 'Where The Wild Things Are'.

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