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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

Ryan Koo Reminds Us All He’s No ‘Amateur’

Clocking up over 12K views and selected for the much coveted Vimeo Staff Picks in the first 24 hours of its release, Ryan Koo’s Amateur looks to be a hot

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Animation

Joseph Wallace – The Man Who Was Afraid of Falling

Fresh from the festival circuit, Joseph Wallace’s The Man Who Was Afraid of Falling is the story of an old man who finds his life is turned upside down

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Animation

Scott Benson: Toh Kay – With Any Sort of Certainty

Not content with assigning a large portion of his life to being “the kind of the de facto organiser” for animation super-collective Late Night Work

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Live Action

Do You Love Me

It’s not often you employ the services of artificial intelligence when writing a film, but that’s exactly what Chris R Wilson decided to do when he

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Music Video

Wavves: Sail to the Sun

Chris Black and MISTERDOCTOR (aka BLACK // DOCTOR) introduce us to the darker side of religion in this provocative promo for Wavves track Sail to the Sun.

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Music Video

The Milk Carton Kids: Honey

Sometimes all you need for an enthralling music video is a famous actress, a camera mount and the balls to do something different. Starring Amanda Seyfried

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Music Video

Majical Cloudz: Childhood’s End

Visually stunning and conceptually intriguing, Emily Kai Bock’s latest music promo blends lavish black and white cinematography with a somewhat haunting

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Music Video

John Grant: GMF

London-based filmmaker Lucy Luscombe creates a subtle and playful promo for John Grant track GMF (Greatest Motherfucker).

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AdventureTime - David OReilly

Animation

Adventure Time – David OReilly

2013 has already started pretty excitingly for prolific Irish animator David OReilly, we’re only just over four months into the year and the eccentric

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Nice Day for a Picnic

Monica Gallab explores the rituals of everyday life in her cyclical animation Nice Day for a Picnic.

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Art & Fashion, Documentary

I.D.

Scottish filmmaker Sam Firth finds a creative use for old passport photos in I.D., a short exploring teenage identity.

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Fear of Flying_Conor Finnegan

Animation

TheyAreAnimators #10: Conor Finnegan

Following on from our TheyAreAnimators feature on animation collective Late Night Work Club, this month’s interview sees us shoot the breeze with

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