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Music Video

Chris Luehning Discusses Navigating Commissions & Creative Differences on his Music Video ‘Lungs’

Chris Luehning joins DN to discuss navigating the choppy waters of creative differences on his latest music video project 'Lungs'.

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Animation, Music Video

DVA Chase Away Winter in Admiral & Peter Skala’s Animated Music Video ‘No Survi’

Director Admiral tells DN how he & co-director Peter Skala chased away winter in their animated promo for DVA's track 'No Survi'.

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Live Action

Ethan Shaftel Imagines the Many Forms of Future Consciousness in Sci-Fi Short ‘Flesh Computer’

Ethan Shaftel takes DN through his future sci-fi short where computers are much more than lifeless machines devoid of consciousness.

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Music Video

Gísli þór Gíslason Taps into Viking Folklore for Arctic Roots’ ‘Nykur’ Music Video

Rising from the ashes of a lacklustre reaction to his end of year student film project, director Gísli þór Gíslason set his sights on the Viking folklore

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Music Video

Take a 9 Minute Single Shot Stroll into the End of the World in Edward John Drake’s ‘All Eyes

A 9 minute piece of choreographed precision feat a bizarre collection of characters, Edward John Drake walks us through one-shot promo 'All Eyes On You'.

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Art & Fashion

Simon Baucks Discusses Collaboration & the Elevation of the Modern Dance Film in his Short ‘Inmotion’

Simon Baucks' passion project 'Inmotion' makes a concerted effort to elevate the 'film' portion of the' dance film' and in so doing elevates the whole to the

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Music Video

Federico Gutiérrez Pictures a ‘Perfect World’ in his Broken Bells Animated Sci-Fi Music Video

We invite Federico Gutiérrez to share the story of his pitch to Broken Bells & the development of his animated music video for their track Perfect World.

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Art & Fashion, Live Action

Crossing Genres Across a Culture of Subtraction in Ramón Ayala’s Fashion Sci-Fi Short ‘People Like Us’

Ramón Ayala tells DN how his fashion film transformed beyond genre into a sci-fi tinged improvised meditation on enduring love, culpability & otherness.

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Documentary

Blake Bogosian Documents the Small Stories Which Make Us ‘100 Percent Human’

In his lifelong micro-documentary portrait series '100 Percent Human' filmmaker Blake Bogosian documents the stories which make us who we are in beautifully

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Animation

Dimitris Simou Challenges Distance Perceptions in Wild Life Animation ‘Schemata’

Director Dimitris Simou describes the theoretical inspiration behind his parred down, yet expressively engaging animated perception experiment 'Schemata'.

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Music Video

Laura Sicouri Puts the Choreographed Fun Back into the Work Out in ‘Maria’ for Birdy Hunt

Laura Sicouri's move into live action music videos for Birdy Hunt track Maria, sees her choreograph a workout session that would tempt even the most reticent

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Art & Fashion

The Symbiosis of Fashion Designer & Industry Fall Under the Glare of David Zimmermann’s ‘Missing Tiger’

Two models take on the symbiotic roles of young designer and the fashion industry in David Zimmermann's allegorical short film.

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