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Co-Founder & Managing Editor at Directors Notes, Rob's 20+ year obsession with short film has led him to develop a unique perspective on the medium. Driven by his curiosity and excitement for emerging filmmaking talent, he's motivated by sharing these exciting new voices with the world.

Live Action

7 Horror Short films to Frighten the Life Out of You This Halloween

Offering you the chance to continuously scare the bejesus out of yourself in bitesize chunks, here are our favourite jump-filled Horror short films for you to

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Live Action

The 6 Zombie Short Films You Must Watch This Halloween

Grab your chainsaws, stock-up on those necessary supplies and prepare yourself for some apocalyptic viewing with a playlist of our favourite zombie short

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Asides, Music Video

Hypnotic computer-generated twerking rules the day in Jesse Kanda’s Arca video

Ever wanted to see a naked, computer-generated, bald woman twerk her generously-sized booty to the sounds of a Venezuelan musician? Here's your chance...

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Asides, Live Action

Jim Owen Offers Some Insightful Break-Up Advice in Comedy Short Film ‘Can We Talk?’

Jim Owen's comedic short film 'Can We Talk?' serves up some hilarious and slightly uncomfortable break-up advice from his misguided protagonist Vince.

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Animation, Asides

Welcome to the Ridiculously Infectious World of Lesley the Pony

Possibly one of the greatest things to hit the internet in recent times, welcome to the ridiculously infectious world of 'Lesley the Pony'. Taking us on a

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Asides, Live Action

War continues despite the fall of humanity in VFX Sci-fi short film ‘Крепость/Fortress’

With a fascinating concept at its core, Russian CG enthusiast Dima Fedotof transports us to a universe where automated systems continue to fight a war which

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Animation, Asides

Peter Millard returns with his latest slice of unmistakable animation ‘Fruit Fruit’

Writing a synopsis for a short film can often be a difficult thing...with the work of Directors Notes favourite Peter Millard it often feels impossible.

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Renegade-Short-Film

Live Action

Action, Adventure, Romance, Underpants…short film ‘!!RENEGADE!!’ has it all

f watching a man run around in his pants battling a monocled villain doesn’t sound like your idea of fun, then Kevin Van Witt and Michael Cavanaugh’s epic

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Live Action

Unravelling the Enigmatic Science Fiction Short film ‘Mouse-X’ with Writer/Director Justin Tagg

Listing '1984', 'Dance, Dance, Dance', 'The Matrix', 'Primer' and 'The Third Man' as just some of the works that have influenced its creation, Justin Tagg's

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Animation, Music Video

Tobias Stretch & HAUSCHKA combine to make a music video of real emotion & beauty.

With a back catalogue of music videos which lists Radiohead and Efterklang as collaborators, Director/Animator/Sculptor Tobias Stretch has become somewhat of a

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Animation

Watch all 4 shorts from Alan Becker’s ‘Animator vs. Animation’ series

With his 4 shorts from the 'Animator vs. Animation' series clocking up over 10-million views on YouTube, to say 'Alan Becker's' comedic tale of an artist

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Live Action

Archival footage and VFX combine in the History Channel’s ‘The Great Martian War’

On its 100th anniversary, The Great Martian War tells the story of the catastrophic events and unimaginable horrors of 1913-17, when Humankind was pitted

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