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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

Replay in Clay

Haven’t got the time to watch classic films like Eraserhead and The Exorcist? Would prefer it if they were only 60 seconds long and made out of clay?

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Live Action

Live the Language

Four short films that will make you want to pack your bags.

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Animation

Matatoro

The debates around bullfighting have been raging for years now, fans such as Ernest Hemingway labelled it as an art, where others have condemned it for being

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Animation, Music Video

Charon

If like me you grew up on Sesame Street then puppets are supposed to be cute and educational, well this certainly isn’t the case with Jonny

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News

3 Second Application

The “3 Second” application is a creative video tool that allows you to easily show the world what’s going on in your life in moving pictures. The

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Live Action

The Hunter

Rob breaks his Iranian Cinema virginity by taking a look at one of the nation's most recently acclaimed films, Rafi Pitts' ‘The Hunter’.

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Animation

The Silence Beneath the Bark

I somehow missed this short when Jason over at Short of the Week featured it on the site and I can’t understand how! The Silence Beneath the Bark is so

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Live Action

The Big Legowski

I think you can tell how much of a cult film The Big Lebowski has become by the number of spoof/tribute videos there are on the internet, my personal favourite

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Animation

Goodbye Cow, Pirate and Cyclist

One of my favourite films so far this year, was definitely the fun-filled, action packed, stop motion epic A Town Called Panic, by Belgian duo  Stephane

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Art & Fashion, Asides

Film 1

Film 1 by Martin de Thurah is a beautifully poetic short featuring some outstanding cinematography from DoP Kasper Tuxen and some incredible dialogue too.

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Animation

The Animation Workshop

In terms of challenging, refreshing and original animation, The Animation Workshop seems to be churning out more amazing videos than I have time to watch.

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Animation

Dead Island

Computer games aren’t something we feature on Directors Notes too often, it has to be something truly special to make it on here, but I think the trailer

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