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Documentary

Tyler Mitchell Documents the Building of Streetwear Brand Lucid FC in ‘Materialistic’

Tyler Mitchell’s documentary 'Materialistic' is a compelling profile of twins Betts and Chet DeHart, charting their progress from ardent sneaker fans to the

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Music Video

Jason Roberts Practices Progress Over Perfection for Solace and Fury’s ‘Be Brave’

Jason Roberts returns to the pages of DN after far too long an absence to share a detailed insight into his collaboration with Amber Tisue on her music project

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Documentary

Casting a Spotlight on Life’s Ordinary Moments in Micromentary Series ‘Record Collection’

madeinhollywoodusa tell us how they make the ordinary extraordinary in their ongoing micromentary film series 'Record Collection'.

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Music Video

WE ARE COWBOYS Mark the Death of the Western in ‘Simple Days’

Combining the directorial talents of Tommy Nagle & Richard Paris Wilson, London outfit WE ARE COWBOYS have steadily been making a name for themselves in

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Music Video

Michal Bolland Takes a One-Shot Club Trek to the ‘Girl From Codeine City’

When we first took a look at the work of Polish director Michal Bolland he was busy gallivanting around the wide, open Tatras Mountains for Andrew Bayer. Now

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Animation

Emlly Noy & Tom Madar Provide an Animated Examination of Modern Loneliness in ‘Mouth Wide Open, Ears Shut Tight’

Winning over festival audiences worldwide and picking up several awards along the way, Emlly Noy and Tom Madar’s graduation film from Israel’s

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Animation

Mister Kama Brings Cocaine to Life in Stop Motion Short Enthusiasm

Surprised at the pervasive nature of cocaine use in his city of Milan, Mister Kama decided to explore the concept of cocaine as a thinking entity, through a

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Live Action

Christopher Bell Considers the Role of the Substitute Parent in ‘Bridges’

Watching Anthony Chen’s Ilo Ilo feature at the London Film Festival last year I was struck by one of the film’s central tenets – if you

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Live Action

Paul Speirs Makes the Personal Universal in Visual Poem ‘There is No End’

Editor turned director Paul Speirs “unravels the patterns of conditioning that create the unmanaged expectations we take into life and love”, by use of

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Music Video

Teemu Niukkanen Performs Sex Change Through Pagan Ritual in The Hearing’s ‘George As a Boy’

We’ve been keeping a keen eye on the music video work of Finnish director Teemu Niukkanen for some time here at DN, suckers that we are for his askew

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Documentary

Robin Thomson Gets Us into the Gig Before the Gig with His ‘Strangely Ritual’ Series

Robin Thomson has been bringing to light the creative intimacy of the soundcheck with his Strangely Ritual series of films & today takes DN behind the scenes

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Animation

Antoni Sendra Kicks off his new Series with the ‘Bulletproof Thoughts’ of Joe Strummer

A mix of live action, animation & motion graphics, Antoni Sendra’s Bulletproof Thoughts brings the sage words of hellraiser Joe Strummer to frenetic life.

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