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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.

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Animation

TheyAreAnimators #8: Jeremy Clapin

When I think back to the films that kickstarted my fascination with the animated short, Jeremy Clapin’s Skhizein is one that instantly springs to mind.

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Animation

A Liar’s Autobiography – Epistle to the New Zealanders

Regular visitors to DN will already be familiar with the names of Daniel Chester (The Moth Collective & Mad Dogs and Englishmen) and Beakus Animation

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Animation, Awards

Oscars 2013 – Best Animated Short

Whilst the majority of the world’s press was focused on the wins by Argo (‘Best Picture’), Ang Lee (‘Best Director’), Jennifer

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Animation

Slow Derek

Dan Ojari's meticulous stop-motion short 'Slow Derek' tells the tale of Derek, an office worker, as he struggles with the true speed of planet Earth.

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Animation, Live Action

Cooked

London based animation duo Jens & Anna deliver the tale of an arctic love triangle between a Walrus, a Seal and a Lobster in NFTS short 'Cooked'.

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Music Video

Atlas Genius: Trojans

Quickly becoming my favourite Vimeo-er, New York based filmmaker & choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall follows up her popular short The Audition with the

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Live Action

Lucy in the Sky with Diamond

Getting over an ex-girlfriend can be hard, especially if “She’s got an ass like Emilio Estevez” and is now dating La Bamba heart-throb Lou

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Animation

Paper War

Two hand-drawn characters take their battle for a paper hottie off the sheet and across the office in stunning mixed media animation Paper War, from the

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Animation

Simian Mobile Disco: Cerulean

Ever imagined an alternate history where video games of the 1970s had infinite resolution and physics engines behind them? Well imagine no more as Jack

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Live Action

Broken Night

Written and directed by Guillermo Arriaga, the man behind the narratives of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s trilogy of death and shot by Steven

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Animation

Luminaris

NOW BACK ONLINE: In a world controlled and timed by light, an ordinary man has a plan that could change the natural order of things. Argentinean director and

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Animation

The Reward

Lighting up Vimeo with over half a million views since it was released just over a week ago, Bachelor film project The Reward from The Animation Workshop takes

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