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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

Yeah Just There

Not satisfied with featuring on DN twice in March with Welcome to Glaringly and A Morning Stroll, Grant Orchard is back in April with Yeah Just There, a short

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Animation

Color Reel

Editor & animator Evan Seitz continues his ‘spot the film’ series, with Color Reel; this latest animation quizzes your colour themed movie

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Asides, Live Action

The Kiss

Ben S. Hyland’s poetic take on Chinese whispers The Kiss, may leave you as frustrated as Radiohead’s Just promo with its secretive whispers, but

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Live Action

Snooze

Writer/director/editor Dominic Hicks brings us Snooze, the comedic tale of one man’s sleep-filled journey through life.

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Live Action, Music Video

More From Lucy Tcherniak

Following our post on The Truth about Stanley yesterday, a further exploration into the Vimeo channel of director Lucy Tcherniak revealed not only a somber

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Live Action

The Truth About Stanley

Having made a name for herself directing shorts and David Lynch promos, Lucy Tcherniak now turns her talented hands to tackling the subject of homelessness in

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Music Video

Squarepusher: Dark Steering

“For a while I had apocalyptic nightmares about trails of nuclear missiles in the night sky. So I aimed to recreate that strange combination of

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Music Video

Bow Ribbons: Bells Ring

Elizabeth Wood’s promo for Bow Ribbons’ track Bells Ring shows that sometimes all you need for a successful music video is a girl in underwear and

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Animation

Oh, Super

Rumble Seat director Mike Roberts’ proves that even super heroes have to carry out the more mundane tasks of everyday life in his latest animated short

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Music Video

Rhye: Open

Jennifer Nies directs this tender, uncompromising (NSFW) debut video for the band Rhye and their track Open. As debut videos go, they don’t come much

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Documentary

Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of life

Werner Herzog has never been a filmmaker to shy away from tackling tough subjects in his documentaries. Throughout his prolific career, his non-fiction work

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Documentary

Return of the Sun

Glen Miller and Ben Hilton’s Return of the Sun is a fascinating and touching portrait of a modern Inuit family, filled with striking cinematography that

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