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MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the multi-decade incarnation of this disorder and remains so much cheaper than film school.

Music Video

Boards of Canada: Reach for the Dead

It’s with great excitement that we share the expansive vistas and deserted spaces of Neil Krug’s promo for Reach for the Dead from the much

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Music Video

Hawaii & Smith Find The Girl in Kid Francescoli’s ‘Blow Up’

“You can change your hair, you can change your eyes, you can change your nose…I’ll still find you.” And so begins – albeit not in the

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Art & Fashion

Helmut Roar

Created as part of fashion site/retailer They Roared Vintage’s Roar series, filmmaker Jordan Chesney directed and edited Helmut Roar; a two-part film

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Music Video

Slow Magic: Feel Flows

Love and sacrifice overcome the cold eternal grip of death in Paris Zarcilla's award winning promo for Slow Magic's 'Feel Flows'.

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Animation, Podcasts

DN286: The Hungry Corpse – Gergely Wootsch & James Pout

Writer James Pout & Director Gergely Wootsch talk to DN about creating an animated friendship between a bedraggled pigeon and an ancient, hungry corpse.

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Documentary, Music Video

Raffertie: Build Me Up

Much more observational documentary than music promo (albeit with the odd special effects flourish), Vincent Haycock’s impressive new film for

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Animation

Eoin Duffy Discusses His North Atlantic Animated ‘Encounter’

Eoin Duffy applies his meticulously aligned animation style to the ‘study of the territorial responses of varying North Atlantic species’ in 'Encounter'.

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Animation

ChildLine: First Step

Gentle animation combines with encouraging and supportive conversations in Buck’s animated piece, First Step for ChildLine. ChildLine is a UK-based,

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Music Video

Say Lou Lou: Julian

Tragic fates are unavoidably played out as Philippe Tempelman and Say Lou Lou reunite in music video land for Julian.

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Animation, Music Video

Bot’Ox: The Face of Another

A cornucopia of depravities run free in Flokim Lucas’ (NSFW) animated promo for French electronic twosome Bot’Ox’s The Face of Another.

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Animation, Music Video

Keys N Krates: Treat Me Right

If you’ve ever been left feeling slightly perplexed as to what your response should be when that special lady in your life declares “Treat Me

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Animation

Oreo Wonderfilled Anthem

If you like Martin Allais’ work as much as we do, you’ll also be glad he persisted for over a year to create his fantastically playful ode to the

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