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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.

Live Action

Heresy

Burning people at the stake isn’t the most conventional subject for a jewellery advert and whilst Matias & Mathias’ promo for Bjorg Jewellery

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Live Action

Lovely Monster

Italian director Francesco Calabrese employs a documentary approach to his unusual drama Lovely Monster, the “true story” of Sophia, a young woman

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Live Action

The Hive

Ed Lilly’s powerful drama The Hive, proves that gritty British realism doesn’t always have to gravitate around council blocks, inner-city violence

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Music Video

Liars: No.1 Against The Rush

LA-based director and photographer Todd Cole creates a sinister and disturbing world for this latest Liars music promo. Cole accompanies the New York

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Music Video

The Cast of Cheers: Animals

Directed and Edited by Babysweet target=”_blank”, the latest video for Dublin band The Cast of Cheers features 16 VHS players and 16 screens as

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Live Action

Melvin the Mini Machine

Made in their ‘spare time’ by Dutch design studio HEYHEYHEY, Melvin the Mini Machine is the quirky tale of one-man and his suitcase-based machine.

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Animation, Asides

Inside

Although only 90 seconds long, Rok Predin's 'Inside' makes a simple concept feel somewhat ominous with its reveal tactics and unusual soundtrack.

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Live Action

Eight Items

Director Jake Wynne and his team ‘Superluminal2012’ create a short packed with intrigue and strong performances with Eight Items, a film created

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Live Action

Bullhead (Rundskop)

Whilst the story of a young Belgian cattle farmer may not instantly sound like the kind of film you’d rush to see, a nomination for an Academy Award in

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Animation

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

Matthew Brushett brings the offbeat words of author Chuck Klosterman to life in Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and IV A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous

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Live Action

Tumulus

Shot in three days on a Sony F3, Tumulus by Sebastian Wiegärtner is a dark and moody fantasy short with a hint of Lord of the Rings and a splash of Game of

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Animation, Asides

Jericho

Based around the story of a man contemplating suicide after the loss of his wife, Jericho, written and directed by Liam Gavin, isn’t exactly the kind of

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