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Music Video

A Steamy Hookup Ends With a Whimper Rather Than a Bang in Álex Montoya’s ‘Insuficiente’

Álex Montoya discusses reuniting the actors from his 2010 Sundance short for his debut music video about a less than glorious morning hookup.

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Art & Fashion

Iqbal Ahmed Escapes the Mundanity of Work in Magical Realism Dance Short ‘Weave’

Iqbal Ahmed explains how inspiration born from an intriguing location spurred him to take a creative leap into the dance arena for his new short film.

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Documentary, Music Video

Ross Haines Looks Back at 30 Years of Custom Guitar Nirvana in Fender Documentary ‘The Dream Factory’

Ross Haines tells DN how he navigated the 30 year history of one offs & special edition guitars created by Fender's legendary Custom Shop Master Builders.

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Animation, Documentary

Scott Coello Animates the Nightmarish Diary Entries of a Syrian Activist in ‘Life Inside Islamic State’

Scott Coello brings to life the harrowing diaries of an activist living under Islamic State, with his animated film created for BBC Radio 4's Today Show.

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Live Action

Daniel Sorochkin Demonstrates How Not to Propose in Awkward Comedy Short ‘Check Please’

Daniel Sorochkin tells DN how he kept things visually interesting and awkwardly funny in his marriage proposal gone wrong comedy of errors short.

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Art & Fashion

Parker Hill Cracks Open the Mysterious Time Capsule of an Abandoned House in ‘Living Rooms’

Parker Hill's languid experimental short about an abandoned house ponders how much of ourselves we leave behind in the places we call home.

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Animation

Game of Thrones GIF Creator Eran Mendel Reveals the Craft Behind His Looping Mini Masterpieces

Illustrator/animator Eran Mendel provides an inside look into the processes he uses to create his infinitely shareable, looping GIF mini-masterpieces.

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Music Video

From Student Project to Trentemøller Music Video – Julie Reindl & Bruno Noaro Explore the Senses in ‘Sinus’

Bruno Noaro shares how the film he directed with Julie Reindl went from student project to official music video for electronic music producer Trentemøller.

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Documentary

Stephen Kijak Chronicles the Torturous Journey Through Stardom of Japan’s Biggest Rock Band in ‘We Are X’

Stephen Kijak’s feature doc follows the journey from the 1980s to the present day of the enigmatic one-­of­-a-kind cultural sensation that is X Japan.

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Music Video

Romance Blossoms on the Set of a Surreal Photo Shoot in Ethan Young’s ‘Amorous in Your Absence’

Ethan Young’s music video for synth-pop outfit Ice Choir sees a surreal romance which defies the laws of physics blossom before the camera.

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Music Video

An Isolated Teen Suffers the Violence of Human Indifference in Marc Ortiz’s ‘Glass’

Marc Ortiz's music video for Animic maps the troubled existence of an isolated teen as he attempts to fend off the violence of human indifference.

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Animation

Robots Meet Their Demise at the Hands of Michael Marczewski’s Malfunctioning Mechanisms in ‘Vicious Cycle’

In Michael Marczewski's animation, industrious robots find their repetitive work rewarded by a brutal demise at the hands of malfunctioning mechanisms.

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