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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.

Music Video

Emily Kai Bock takes us on a trip to the ‘Afterlife’

Having followed Emily Kai Bock’s career since witnessing her mesmerising promo for Grizzly Bear track Yet Again back in 2012, 2013 sees the talented

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Animation

Nicolas Ménard Reveals the Inspiration Behind His Latest Animation ‘Somewhere’

Eager to find out more about Nicolas Ménard's stunning RCA animation 'Somewhere', I spoke to the filmmaker to unravel the mysteries of his one-armed

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Animation

TheyAreAnimators #16: Michael Frei

In this on-going series, in which we explore the minds and processes of our favourite animators, we speak to Michael Frei about filmic vocabularies, setting

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Jeanette Bonds Gets Filthy Mouthed in Short Animation ‘Trusts & Estates’

The kind of film that elicits gasps and unknowing looks of whether its acceptable to laugh from its audience, we speak to Jeanette Bonds' about her hand-drawn

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Live Action

Patriarch: A Short Film by Reggie Yates

With a title that immediately conjures images of the male head of a family, it will be no surprise that Reggie Yates’ first foray into the world of short

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Animation, Asides

Job, Joris & Marieke Find Their Voice in Animation ‘Mute’

In a world populated by people born without a mouth, the inhabitants go to extreme measures to find their voice. Created by animation/illustration studio Job,

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Asides, Music Video

Ewan Jones Morris Helms ‘Carlos’ His Energetic Promo for Islet

Ewan Jones Morris puts an army of GoPro’s to good use in this energetic promo for Islet track Carlos.

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Asides, Live Action

Introducing Gareth Tunley & Tom Meeten’s ‘The Baron’

“I shit cancer & I sweat AIDS” welcome to the mind of The Baron, a dark comedy from Gareth Tunley and Tom Meeten.

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Asides

Steve Girard Shows Himself Mad Love in ‘Wawd Ahp’

A rapper cuts off his own head off and has sex with it in Steve Girard’s hugely NSFW short Wawd Ahp

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If-I-Had-A-Heart - The Halsall Brothers

Live Action

The Halsall Brothers Take to Korea for Revenge Short ‘If I Had a Heart’

The Korean revenge movie isn't a genre often reproduced in the short film format, especially not by two filmmakers from the UK. The Halsall Brothers take

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The-Battery-Jeremy-Gardner

Live Action

Talking Genre Movies, Budgets & Zombie Masturbation with ‘The Battery’ Director Jeremy Gardner

With World War Z ranking as one of highest grossing movies of 2013 and The Walking Dead pulling in over 12 million viewers in its Series 3 finale (which aired

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Music Video

Mixing Genres & Working With Non-Actors in Nick Rutter’s ‘Chrysalis’

Although we pride ourselves at DN as being passionate supporters of emerging talent in the world of independent film, it’s impossible for us to keep

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