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Documentary

Mark Zemel Turns the Camera on the Man Behind the Feline Photoshoot in ‘The Purrtraitist’

Director Mark Zemel tells DN how he discovered Larry Johnson, the human star of his charming feline photoshoot documentary 'The Purrtraitist'.

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Music Video

Noodles & Suburban Unease: Jonny Look Embraces the Strange in ‘All Smiles Over Here :)’

Director Jonny Look discusses how he coupled suburban nostalgia with practical effects for a music video which seeps sweet and sour unease.

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Animation, Music Video

Tel-Aviv Crumbles into a Place of Hope in Sariel Keslasi’s Animated Music Video ‘My Africa’

Sariel Keslasi tells DN how the Tel-Aviv streets and a series of pocket notebooks were pivotal in the realisation of his animated music video 'My Africa'.

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Music Video

Take a Voyeuristic Dance Through Domesticity in Pijus Vėberis’ ‘Vessels’ Music Video

Pijus Vėberis 'Vessels' dances through a voyeuristic look at polar bear cohabiting domesticity all in a single shot. The director joins DN to reveal how it

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Live Action

Good & Evil Battle it Out in Simon Eustace’s Microcosm Short ‘Two Wolves’

Director Simon Eustace reveals which wolf he fed to bring his economically told tale of our universal battle of wills 'Two Wolves' to cinematic life. new

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Music Video

Aidan Wood & Lamb Conceptualise One of Life’s Biggest Questions in ‘What Makes Us Human’

Director Aidan Wood shares how he and his team reached beyond the boundaries of budget to convey the complexity of the human condition, in their music video

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Animation, Music Video

Fabricio Lima Traverses Heartbreak Frame by Painful Frame for Animated Music Video ‘One of Us’

Fabricio Lima tells DN how heartache and Marcelo Jeneci’s lovelorn track 'One of Us' led to his latest music video.

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Music Video

Zero Landscape Take an Inscrutable Journey into Isolation in Haunting Music Video ‘Gonna Stop Killing’

Directing outfit Zero Landscape sheds some light on the intriguingly inscrutable music video for Carla Bozulich's haunting track 'Gonna Stop Killing'.

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Live Action

Luke Randall Reveals the Tusked Face of Depression in ‘The Walrus’

Luke Randall’s 'The Walrus' guides us through a world both painfully familiar and wonderfully strange. We invited Randall to tell us how he journeyed from

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Live Action

Poolside with the Wife, the Thief, and the Demon in Jordan Chesney's Short 'Cahoots'

Director Jordan Chesney tells DN how he transformed an actor audition into the brief, but oh so intriguing (and damn strange) short film 'Cahoots'.

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Art & Fashion

Tal Mor Delivers the Mad Max Fashionista Fix You’ve Been Waiting for in Post-Apocalyptic Short ‘Once Upon a Time

For those of you still craving a Mad Maxesque hit of post-apocalyptic adrenaline, Israeli Director Tal Mor puts a fashionista spin on the road warrior in his

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Music Video

Johannes Schröder Puts the Sex Back into Hoovers in Naughty North’s ‘North Star’ Music Video

Berlin Director Johannes Schröder puts the sizzle back into the vacuum salesman's demonstration in his desire charged music video for Naughty North's 'North

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