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Obsessed with film, the internet and WordPress, Directors Notes is the place Rob gets to brings all his interests together and really geek out. When not writing for DN he can be found on Short of the Week or Vimeo.

Animation, Music Video

MASS

MASS … a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size. A ticking clock builds to a buzzing crescendo of

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Animation, Music Video

Kingdom Crumbs: Evoking Spirits

Israeli illustrator/animator Ori Toor teams up with experimental Seattle hip-hop group Kingdom Crumbs, in this trippy animated video for track Evoking Spirits.

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Animation, Asides

The Origin of Creatures

In a post-apocalyptic world, destroyed by an unknown disaster, a horde of creatures shaped like mutated human limbs strive to rebuild and repopulate the

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Documentary

The Roper

Following the story of Kendrick, a young calf roper who dreams of one day making it to the Las Vegas rodeo finals, The Roper is a fascinating and confident

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Live Action

The Undeading

The Undeading sees Vincenzo Natali, director of cult sci-fi movies Cube and Cypher and recent horror Splice, takes to the small screen with his zombie filled

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Animation

The Big Boy

Written, directed and animated by Lee Kyu-Tae, THE BIG BOY is the charming tale of a friendly giant whose eagerness to help soon leads to him being an outcast

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Animation

Little Red

The debut film from directing duo Silsoe Mouse, Little Red is a dark but stylish retelling of the Litte Read Riding Hood tale. Little Red is our first full

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Live Action

Loom

Following in his father’s footsteps and taking to the directors chair, Luke Scott directs Loom – a visually stunning science fiction short

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Live Action

Looper clip-o-matic trailer

DN favourite Rian Johnson reveals an insightful part of the pre-production process with his “fake trailer” using clips from other movies for

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Live Action

True Skin

Set in the not too distant future, where bodies are easily maintained and updated with new parts, science fiction short True Skin – written and directed

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Live Action

The Last Human

Polymath Pictures founder Tom Walsh, directs this ambitious science fiction short about the last human being left alive and their mission to implant DNA on a

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Live Action

Plurality

Set in a futuristic New York, where everything we do is controlled by ‘the Grid’ – a system that links all your assets to your DNA. Dennis

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