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Music Video, Premiere

Jiajie Yu Celebrates the Power of Black Male Relationships in ‘Soul’ for The Prussians

Jiajie Yu returns to DN with 'Soul', his new music video which celebrates the complex but powerful fraternal relationship of two men of colour.

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Animation, Asides

Alien Hand

Brain surgery to treat Epilepsy leaves a woman with an ‘Alien Hand’ in Giant Ant's frighteningly fascinating animation for NPR’s Invisibilia podcast.

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Animation

Natasza Cetner Takes on the Pernicious Force of Absolute Power in Surreal Animated Short ‘Nero’

Filmmaker Natasza Cetner takes DN through the political and aesthetic roots of her animated battle between repression and independence.

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Music Video

Reality Blends With Violent Fantasy in Jonathan Cremades’ Murderous Daydreams Promo ‘Oro’

Spanish Director Jonathan Cremades tells DN how he blended reality and violent fantasy for his murderous daydreams Salfvman music video, 'Oro'.

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Art & Fashion

Rahul Bhushan Presents the Kristy De Cunha 2018 Collection in Neon Swathed Fashion Short ‘BLOW’

Rahul Bhushan gets down and dirty in his showcase of the Kristy De Cunha 2018 Collection in neon swathed fashion film 'BLOW'.

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Art & Fashion

Urban Style Meets Retro Futurism in Anthony Capristo’s Nike Spec Commercial ‘Free Your Mind’

Creating an expressive mix of retro futurism and urban style director Anthony Capristo returns to DN to discuss his sci-fi Nike spec commercial.

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Animation, Music Video

Hugo De Faucompret Laments the Loss of Friendship in Animated Music Video ‘Ma Ydoum Hal’

Hugo de Faucompret explains how a chance meeting with TREE9’s lead singer led to his entrancing, animated lost friendship music video.

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Animation, Documentary

Daphna Awadish Searches for the Meaning of Home in Wistful Animated Documentary ‘Journey Birds’

Daphna Awadish reflects on the meaning of home amongst long-term immigrants in her Bezalel Academy animated documentary 'Journey Birds'.

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Live Action

Guy Pearce Faces the Dark Consequences of Isolation & Loneliness in Jesse Leaman’s ‘Lorne’

Jesse Leaman takes DN through the meticulous preparations which led to his meditative portrait of a man trapped by the oppressing boundaries of isolation.

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Animation, Art & Fashion

One New Film Every Week for a Year: John Morena Reflects on His Epic Instagram Animation Project ‘Area 52’

New York filmmaker John Morena reflects on all he learnt creating 52 animated shorts in his epic year-long Instagram project 'Area 52'.

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Art & Fashion, Music Video

Andzej Gavriss Ventures into the Dark Corners of a Bangkok Fever Dream in ‘1190’

Andzej Gavriss submerges us in an oxygen deprived fever dream of lost home and identity, capturing the dark corners of Bangkok along the way.

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Animation, Music Video

John Morena Explores the Vast Disconnect Between the Mind & Soul in Enchanting Music Video ‘The Drought’

John Morena elevates us into the stratosphere and blasts through outer space in his bewitching music video for Ryan Chernin's 'The Drought'.

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