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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.

Art & Fashion, Documentary

Maura Morales Returns to Cuba for an Exploration of Love, Art & Home in Grosse 8’s Hybrid Dance/Doc ‘Maura’

Manfred Borsch & Jacqueline Hochmuth talk to DN about creating a hybrid doc/dance film for dancer Maura Morales' exploration of love, art and home.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN362: A Troubled Imposter Tries to Find Her Way Home in Christina Choe’s Psychodrama ‘Nancy’

DN speaks to Christina Choe about her debut psychodrama 'Nancy' and the difficulties of bringing stories led by complex female protagonists to screen.

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Animation, Asides

Reverie

Stunning animation and powerful storytelling come together seamlessly in Philip Louis Piaget Rodriguez’s The Animation Workshop grad short 'Reverie'.

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Live Action

A Pizza Delivery Girl Falls Into a World of Wonders & Deadly Dangers in Giuseppe Garau’s ‘Seven Pizzas’

Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Garau tells DN how his idea of a pizza delivery gone awry became a loving ode to the history of cinema in 'Seven Pizzas'.

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Animation, Asides, Music Video

Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti: Caramella

Emanuele Kabu animates a shifting burst of vibrant colours mixed with masked contemporary music icons for Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti track 'Caramella'.

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Live Action

A Girl’s Body Derails Three Brothers’ Plans of Escape in Jonny Blair’s ‘Come Out of the Woods’

Jonny Blair talks to DN about 'Come Out of the Woods' - the story of three brothers whose plans of escape are disrupted by the discovery of a girl's body.

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Asides, Music Video

Sega Bodega: hopeless!!!

A risk-averse police officer abandons his duty to dive headlong into a lust fuelled night of hedonistic pleasure in Bryan M. Ferguson’s 'hopeless!!!'.

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Live Action

How Ian Pons Jewell Lined up Viral Success for Nike in Future Football Ad Spot ‘Dare to Become’

DN talks to Ian Pons Jewell about his viral 'Dare To Become' Nike ad spot - an exhilarating playful mix of future tech and dynamically shot football.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN361: Erik Poppe Forces Us to Experience Norway’s Terror Attack First Hand in One-Shot Feature ‘Utøya – July 22’

DN speaks to director Erik Poppe about the moral and cinematic considerations which led him to recreate Norway's Utøya tragedy in a gruelling single shot.

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Live Action

Meet the Road Crew Who Keep Us Safe From Inter-Dimensional Terrors in Matt Harlock & Krent Able’s ‘Deep Clean’

Matt Harlock discusses creating the hidden world of a secret council unit tasked with blocking up demon portals in creature feature short 'Deep Clean'.

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Animation, Asides

A Gong (Grandpa)

A 7 year old boy tries to accept the death of his grandfather whilst attending his Taiwanese funeral in this delicate Gobelins student animation.

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Animation

Joe Loftus Gives Us the Seasonal Creeps in Deliciously Dark Animated Folklore Tale ‘Wooden Child’

Dublin based animator Joe Loftus takes us on a decidedly creepy journey into guilt and consequence, perfect for the Halloween season in 'Wooden child'.

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