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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, Film Festival

Vimeo Festival 2012: Animation Finalists

Not since The Beatles have we witnessed a quartet as strong as the 4 finalists in the animation category of the Vimeo awards. Hailing from Canada, France,

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Live Action

Project Shell

Project Shell is a Sci-fi short showcasing some seriously high production values from Blow Studio, an audiovisual production unit based in Seville. Year 2086.

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Art & Fashion

How To Say I Love You With Video

Illinois based videomaker, director and photographer Jack Lawrence Mayer employs acoustic band performance, montage and voiceover to express his feelings in

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Art & Fashion

Sounds of Aronofsky

Kogonada continue the interesting series of films looking at recurring filmmaking techniques in the works of famous directors, with Sounds of Aronofsky, a

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Animation

Lonely Little Teacup

An animated story of a lonely teacup from Swedish artist Linnea Sterte.

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Animation, Asides

38-39°C

Multidisciplinary filmmaker Kangmin Kim deploys his skills to optimum effect with the breathtaking father/son relationship animation short '38-39°C'.

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Art & Fashion

Tungijuq

Tungijuq, from Montreal based directing duo Felix and Paul, is a truly original, visually-stunning short that is as hard to explain, as it is to pronounce. A

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Animation

The Red Tide

Yet another stunning animated short from the CalArts stable, as Jason Reicher brings us possibly the first ever (to my knowledge anyway) fishing film noir

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Live Action

The Associate

Shane Leal-Willett and his Dilation Studios crew present The Associate, a short thriller shot on the Canon 5D Mark III. A Man has to choose between paying

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Music Video

Explosions in the Sky: Postcard from 1952

Peter Simonite & Annie Gunn direct this nostalgic video for Explosion in the Sky track Postcard from 1952 And here’s the making of video:

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Animation

Swelter

Swelter, the second year film from Calarts student Jacob Streilein sees a desperate search for water, in a universe ravaged with extreme heat, end in a

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Live Action

Spoiler

Having made his name working in visual effects on features such as Zodiac and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Daniel Thron turns his hand to writing/directing

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