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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.

Animation

Overcast

Inspired by Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation, James Lancett and Sean Weston’s Overcast mixes live-action with animation to tell the story of one

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Music Video

Superstars Don’t Love

Travis Hopkins totally nails it with a music video comprised of over 60 fictional movie title cards inspired by the lyrics of the Buck 65 track

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Animation

Missing

Reminiscent of the work of Belgian animators Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Cristian Wiesenfeld’s Missing is the story of how vanishing cows and

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Documentary

Marlowe

Beautifully realized documentary from ALCHEMYcreative “made to illustrate the impact of unique and emotional stories told by ordinary people. We explore

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Live Action

Fight the Foot

Is this teaser from Richard Krause the return of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Intrigued? Strange Kids Club tracked down director Richard Krause for a tell

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Music Video

Throw your Stones

I couldn’t help but be reminded of David Fincher’s Se7en watching JonJai’s cleverly conceived video for Boxes track Throw Your Stones.

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Animation

A Breeze from Mt. Parnassus

Simply described as a film about “A man discovers that he is weird”, CalArts student Vitaliy Strokous’ A Breeze from Mt. Parnassus feels

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Animation, Music Video

Protest to M1

Stylish piece of animation from Igor Bastidas, bringing to life the Pacheko remix of Max Romeo track Protest to M1.

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Music Video

Masters In France: Control

Cyrus Mirza & Nicolas Booth’s music video for the Masters in France track Control picks up where their previous The Loved Ones inspired video for Mad

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Animation

Looks That Kill

Inspired by creator Kevin Dart’s fascination with the 60s, Looks That Kill follows the exploits of fashionista and spy girl Yuki 7, along with her team

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Music Video

Portugal. The Man: Sleep Forever

The long-format two track music video doesn’t come along very often, but with Sleep Forever Michael Ragen (regular cinematographer for DN music promo

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Animation

Salesman in the Mirror

Looking through Nico Casavecchia’s Vimeo channel, it’s pretty clear to see that he’s developing a distinct sense of style within his films

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